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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : postgresql / and / postgresql84 (ELSA-2012-1263)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68620

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1263 advisory.

 [8.4.13-1]
 - Update to PostgreSQL 8.4.13, for various fixes described at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4-13.html including the fixes for CVE-2012-3488, CVE-2012-3489 Resolves: #852020

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1263.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68620

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1263.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3489

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-contrib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-plpython, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-tcl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-plperl, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-plpython, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql84-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-server, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3488, CVE-2012-3489

BID: 52188, 53729, 53812, 55072, 55074

RHSA: 2012:1263