Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: pgaudit / pgaudit-debuginfo / pgaudit-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2020_5620)

high Nessus Plugin ID 357630

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-2020_5620 advisory.

* postgresql: Reconnection can downgrade connection security settings (CVE-2020-25694)

* postgresql: Multiple features escape security restricted operation sandbox (CVE-2020-25695)

* postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in logical replication (CVE-2020-14349)

* postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION (CVE-2020-14350)

* postgresql: psql's \gset allows overwriting specially treated variables (CVE-2020-25696)

* postgresql: ALTER ... DEPENDS ON EXTENSION is missing authorization checks (CVE-2020-1720)

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-2020_5620.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5620

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1798852

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865744

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1865746

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894423

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894425

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894430

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2020:5620

http://www.nessus.org/u?3418ad73

http://www.nessus.org/u?f81e2a96

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 357630

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2020_5620.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25696

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25695

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14349, CVE-2020-14350, CVE-2020-1720, CVE-2020-25694, CVE-2020-25695, CVE-2020-25696