openSUSE Security Update : postgresql94 (openSUSE-2016-1161)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93997

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for postgresql94 to version 9.4.9 fixes the several issues.

These security issues were fixed :

- CVE-2016-5423: CASE/WHEN with inlining can cause untrusted pointer dereference (bsc#993454).

- CVE-2016-5424: Fix client programs' handling of special characters in database and role names (bsc#993453).

This non-security issue was fixed :

- bsc#973660: Added 'Requires: timezone' to Service Pack

For additional non-security issues please refer to

- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-9.html

- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-8.html

- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-7.html

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected postgresql94 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93997

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1161.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/12/2016

Updated: 1/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5423

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpq5-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-libs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-plperl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-plpython-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-pltcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql94-test

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5423, CVE-2016-5424

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