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Fedora 7 : postgresql-8.2.6-1.fc7 (2008-0552)
high Nessus Plugin ID 29948
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Mon Jan 7 2008 Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> 8.2.6-1- Update to PostgreSQL 8.2.6 to fix CVE-2007-4769, CVE-2007-4772, CVE-2007-6067, CVE-2007-6600, CVE-2007-6601
- Make initscript and pam config files be installed unconditionally; seems new buildroots don't necessarily have those directories in place
- Thu Sep 20 2007 Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> 8.2.5-1
- Update to PostgreSQL 8.2.5 and pgtcl 1.6.0
- Fix multilib problem for /usr/include/ecpg_config.h (which is new in 8.2.x)
- Use tzdata package's data files instead of private copy, so that postgresql-server need not be turned for routine timezone updates
- Don't remove postgres user/group during RPM uninstall, per Fedora packaging guidelines
- Recent perl changes in rawhide mean we need a more specific BuildRequires
- Wed Jun 20 2007 Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> 8.2.4-2
- Fix oversight in postgresql-test makefile: pg_regress isn't a shell script anymore. Per upstream bug 3398.
- Tue Apr 24 2007 Tom Lane <tgl at redhat.com> 8.2.4-1
- Update to PostgreSQL 8.2.4 for CVE-2007-2138, data loss bugs Resolves: #237682
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b94a6f53
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315231
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=316511
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=400931
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427127
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 29948
File Name: fedora_2008-0552.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 1/14/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-python, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-tcl, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:postgresql-test, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4769, CVE-2007-4772, CVE-2007-6067, CVE-2007-6600, CVE-2007-6601
BID: 27163