CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
70.9%
magnum discovered that the blowfish password hashing used amongst others in PostgreSQL contained a weakness that would give passwords with 8 bit characters the same hash as weaker equivalents.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2340. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(56730);
script_version("1.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2483");
script_bugtraq_id(49241);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2340");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2340-1 : postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.0 - weak password hashing");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"magnum discovered that the blowfish password hashing used amongst
others in PostgreSQL contained a weakness that would give passwords
with 8 bit characters the same hash as weaker equivalents."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631285"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/postgresql-8.4"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2340"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the postgresql packages.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
postgresql-8.3 version 8.3.16-0lenny1.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
postgresql-8.4 version 8.4.9-0squeeze1.
The updates also include reliability improvements, originally
scheduled for inclusion into the next point release; for details see
the respective changelogs."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-8.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-8.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:postgresql-9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/11/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/11/08");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"postgresql-8.3", reference:"8.3.16-0lenny1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libecpg-compat3", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libecpg-dev", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libecpg6", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libpgtypes3", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libpq-dev", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libpq5", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-8.4", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-client", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-client-8.4", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-contrib", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-contrib-8.4", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-doc", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-doc-8.4", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-plperl-8.4", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-plpython-8.4", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-pltcl-8.4", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"postgresql-server-dev-8.4", reference:"8.4.9-0squeeze1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");