PostgreSQL 8.3 < 8.3.19 / 8.4 < 8.4.12 / 9.0 < 9.0.8 / 9.1 < 9.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 63353

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Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 8.3.x prior to 8.3.19, 8.4.x prior to 8.4.12, 9.0.x prior to 9.0.8, or 9.1.x prior to 9.1.4. As such, it is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- Passwords containing the byte 0x80 passed to the crypt() function in pgcrypto are incorrectly truncated if DES encryption was used. (CVE-2012-2143)

- SECURITY_DEFINER and SET attributes on procedural call handlers are not ignored and can be used to crash the server. (CVE-2012-2655)

Solution

Upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.3.19 / 8.4.12 / 9.0.8 / 9.1.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 63353

File Name: postgresql_20120604.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: Combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Databases

Published: 12/28/2012

Updated: 10/7/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.48

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2143, CVE-2012-2655

BID: 53729, 53812

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