Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0043: postgresql:13 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0043)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236568

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2021:0043 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2021-32027:
A flaw was found in postgresql in versions before 13.3, before 12.7, before 11.12, before 10.17 and before 9.6.22. While modifying certain SQL array values, missing bounds checks let authenticated database users write arbitrary bytes to a wide area of server memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

CVE-2021-32028:
** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

CVE-2021-32029:
** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20210043.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236568

File Name: alinux3_sa_2021-0043.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32027

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-docs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-upgrade-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-test-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-plperl-debuginfo, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-server-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:postgresql-static

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32027, CVE-2021-32028, CVE-2021-32029