10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.077 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.2%
Updated mod_auth_pgsql packages that fix format string security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
The mod_auth_pgsql package is an httpd module that allows user authentication against information stored in a PostgreSQL database.
Several format string flaws were found in the way mod_auth_pgsql logs information. It may be possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the ‘apache’ user if mod_auth_pgsql is used for user authentication. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-3656 to this issue.
Please note that this issue only affects servers which have mod_auth_pgsql installed and configured to perform user authentication against a PostgreSQL database.
All users of mod_auth_pgsql should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
This issue does not affect the mod_auth_pgsql package supplied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
Red Hat would like to thank iDefense for reporting this issue.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2006:0164 and
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2006:0164 respectively.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(21887);
script_version("1.18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-3656");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2006:0164");
script_name(english:"CentOS 3 / 4 : mod_auth_pgsql (CESA-2006:0164)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated mod_auth_pgsql packages that fix format string security issues
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.
This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.
The mod_auth_pgsql package is an httpd module that allows user
authentication against information stored in a PostgreSQL database.
Several format string flaws were found in the way mod_auth_pgsql logs
information. It may be possible for a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary code as the 'apache' user if mod_auth_pgsql is used for user
authentication. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
assigned the name CVE-2005-3656 to this issue.
Please note that this issue only affects servers which have
mod_auth_pgsql installed and configured to perform user authentication
against a PostgreSQL database.
All users of mod_auth_pgsql should upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
This issue does not affect the mod_auth_pgsql package supplied with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
Red Hat would like to thank iDefense for reporting this issue."
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-January/012547.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3a009724"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-January/012548.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ae66026d"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-January/012551.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?54102197"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-January/012552.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ba7fd999"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-January/012553.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?72be28d4"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-January/012554.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?30b774db"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected mod_auth_pgsql package."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_auth_pgsql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/12/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/01/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/07/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 3.x / 4.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"mod_auth_pgsql-2.0.1-4.ent.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"mod_auth_pgsql-2.0.1-7.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mod_auth_pgsql");
}