PostgreSQL 9.2.x < 9.2.21 / 9.3.x < 9.3.17 / 9.4.x < 9.4.12 / 9.5.x < 9.5.7 / 9.6.x < 9.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 100260

Synopsis

The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host is 9.2.x prior to 9.2.21, 9.3.x prior to 9.3.17, 9.4.x prior to 9.4.12, 9.5.x prior to 9.5.7, or 9.6.x prior to 9.6.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A information disclosure vulnerability exists in unspecified selectivity estimation functions due to improper checking of user privileges before providing information from pg_statistics. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information from restricted tables.
(CVE-2017-7484)

- A flaw exists because the PGREQUIRESSL environment variable setting is not properly honored, which results in a failure to require appropriate SSL/TLS connections.
A man-in-the-middle attacker can exploit this to cause an insecure, non-SSL/TLS connection between a client and and a server. Note that version 9.2.x is not affected by this vulnerability. (CVE-2017-7485)

- A information disclosure vulnerability exists in the pg_user_mappings view that allows access to user mappings which may contain passwords that have persisted from the CREATE USER MAPPING command. An authenticated, remote attacker who has USAGE privilege on the associated foreign server can exploit this to disclose foreign server passwords. (CVE-2017-7486)

Solution

Upgrade to PostgreSQL version 9.2.21 / 9.3.17 / 9.4.12 / 9.5.7 / 9.6.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1746/

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-21.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-3-17.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-4-12.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-5-7.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-9-6-3.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100260

File Name: postgresql_20170511.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Databases

Published: 5/17/2017

Updated: 4/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7486

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 5/11/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7484, CVE-2017-7485, CVE-2017-7486

BID: 98459, 98460, 98461