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Amazon Linux 2 : postgresql (ALASPOSTGRESQL12-2023-004)

2023-09-2700:00:00
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The version of postgresql installed on the remote host is prior to 12.7-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2023-004 advisory.

  • A flaw was found in postgresql in versions before 13.3, before 12.7, before 11.12, before 10.17 and before 9.6.22. While modifying certain SQL array values, missing bounds checks let authenticated database users write arbitrary bytes to a wide area of server memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-32027)

  • A flaw was found in postgresql. Using an INSERT … ON CONFLICT … DO UPDATE command on a purpose-crafted table, an authenticated database user could read arbitrary bytes of server memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. (CVE-2021-32028)

  • A flaw was found in postgresql. Using an UPDATE … RETURNING command on a purpose-crafted table, an authenticated database user could read arbitrary bytes of server memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. (CVE-2021-32029)

  • An information leak was discovered in postgresql in versions before 13.2, before 12.6 and before 11.11. A user having UPDATE permission but not SELECT permission to a particular column could craft queries which, under some circumstances, might disclose values from that column in error messages. An attacker could use this flaw to obtain information stored in a column they are allowed to write but not read. (CVE-2021-3393)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALASPOSTGRESQL12-2023-004.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(182032);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/09/27");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2021-3393",
    "CVE-2021-32027",
    "CVE-2021-32028",
    "CVE-2021-32029"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2021-B-0036-S");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : postgresql (ALASPOSTGRESQL12-2023-004)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of postgresql installed on the remote host is prior to 12.7-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2POSTGRESQL12-2023-004 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in postgresql in versions before 13.3, before 12.7, before 11.12, before 10.17 and before
    9.6.22. While modifying certain SQL array values, missing bounds checks let authenticated database users
    write arbitrary bytes to a wide area of server memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to
    data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-32027)

  - A flaw was found in postgresql. Using an INSERT ... ON CONFLICT ... DO UPDATE command on a purpose-crafted
    table, an authenticated database user could read arbitrary bytes of server memory. The highest threat from
    this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. (CVE-2021-32028)

  - A flaw was found in postgresql. Using an UPDATE ... RETURNING command on a purpose-crafted table, an
    authenticated database user could read arbitrary bytes of server memory. The highest threat from this
    vulnerability is to data confidentiality. (CVE-2021-32029)

  - An information leak was discovered in postgresql in versions before 13.2, before 12.6 and before 11.11. A
    user having UPDATE permission but not SELECT permission to a particular column could craft queries which,
    under some circumstances, might disclose values from that column in error messages. An attacker could use
    this flaw to obtain information stored in a column they are allowed to write but not read. (CVE-2021-3393)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASPOSTGRESQL12-2023-004.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-32027.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-32028.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-32029.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3393.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update postgresql' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-32027");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/02/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-contrib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-docs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-llvmjit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-plperl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-plpython2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-plpython3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-pltcl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-server-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-static");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-test");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-upgrade");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'postgresql-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-contrib-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-contrib-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-contrib-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-debuginfo-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-debuginfo-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-debuginfo-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-docs-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-docs-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-docs-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-llvmjit-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-llvmjit-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-llvmjit-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plperl-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plperl-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plperl-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plpython2-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plpython2-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plpython2-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plpython3-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plpython3-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-plpython3-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-pltcl-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-pltcl-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-pltcl-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-server-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-server-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-server-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-server-devel-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-server-devel-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-server-devel-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-static-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-static-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-static-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-test-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-test-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-test-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-test-rpm-macros-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-upgrade-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-upgrade-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-upgrade-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-upgrade-devel-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-upgrade-devel-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'},
    {'reference':'postgresql-upgrade-devel-12.7-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':'postgresql12'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "postgresql / postgresql-contrib / postgresql-debuginfo / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxpostgresqlp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql
amazonlinuxpostgresql-contribp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-contrib
amazonlinuxpostgresql-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-debuginfo
amazonlinuxpostgresql-docsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-docs
amazonlinuxpostgresql-llvmjitp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-llvmjit
amazonlinuxpostgresql-plperlp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-plperl
amazonlinuxpostgresql-plpython2p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-plpython2
amazonlinuxpostgresql-plpython3p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-plpython3
amazonlinuxpostgresql-pltclp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-pltcl
amazonlinuxpostgresql-serverp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:postgresql-server
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