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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: pg_repack / pg_repack-debuginfo / pg_repack-debugsource / pgaudit / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_7884)

high Nessus Plugin ID 354293

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_7884 advisory.

 * postgresql: Buffer overrun from integer overflow in array modification (CVE-2023-5869)

 * postgresql: Memory disclosure in aggregate function calls (CVE-2023-5868)

 * postgresql: extension script @substitutions@ within quoting allow SQL injection (CVE-2023-39417)

 * postgresql: Role pg_signal_backend can signal certain superuser processes. (CVE-2023-5870)

 * postgresql: MERGE fails to enforce UPDATE or SELECT row security policies (CVE-2023-39418)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_7884.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7884

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228111

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228112

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247168

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247169

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247170

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:7884

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f42c45a

http://www.nessus.org/u?7e0211d9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 354293

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2023_7884.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5869

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39417, CVE-2023-39418, CVE-2023-5868, CVE-2023-5869, CVE-2023-5870