The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10785 advisory.

    PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system (DBMS).

    Security Fix(es):

    * postgresql: PostgreSQL SET ROLE, SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION reset to wrong user ID (CVE-2024-10978)

    * postgresql: PostgreSQL PL/Perl environment variable changes execute arbitrary code (CVE-2024-10979)

    * postgresql: PostgreSQL row security below e.g. subqueries disregards user ID changes (CVE-2024-10976)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 8 : postgresql:12 (RHSA-2024:10785)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212050

Version 1.3

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 Apr 30, 2025, 2:20 AM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202504300220
Version 1.1 Dec 4, 2024, 3:28 PM New Plugin Feed: 202412041528