The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200801-15 (PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)
If using the 'expression indexes' feature, PostgreSQL executes index functions as the superuser during VACUUM and ANALYZE instead of the table owner, and allows SET ROLE and SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION in the index functions (CVE-2007-6600). Additionally, several errors involving regular expressions were found (CVE-2007-4769, CVE-2007-4772, CVE-2007-6067). Eventually, a privilege escalation vulnerability via unspecified vectors in the DBLink module was reported (CVE-2007-6601).
This vulnerability is exploitable when local trust or ident authentication is used, and is due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2007-3278.
Impact :
A remote authenticated attacker could send specially crafted queries containing complex regular expressions to the server that could result in a Denial of Service by a server crash (CVE-2007-4769), an infinite loop (CVE-2007-4772) or a memory exhaustion (CVE-2007-6067). The two other vulnerabilities can be exploited to gain additional privileges.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround for all these issues at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-15.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(30120);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3278", "CVE-2007-4769", "CVE-2007-4772", "CVE-2007-6067", "CVE-2007-6600", "CVE-2007-6601");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200801-15");
script_name(english:"GLSA-200801-15 : PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200801-15
(PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities)
If using the 'expression indexes' feature, PostgreSQL executes index
functions as the superuser during VACUUM and ANALYZE instead of the
table owner, and allows SET ROLE and SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION in the
index functions (CVE-2007-6600). Additionally, several errors involving
regular expressions were found (CVE-2007-4769, CVE-2007-4772,
CVE-2007-6067). Eventually, a privilege escalation vulnerability via
unspecified vectors in the DBLink module was reported (CVE-2007-6601).
This vulnerability is exploitable when local trust or ident
authentication is used, and is due to an incomplete fix of
CVE-2007-3278.
Impact :
A remote authenticated attacker could send specially crafted queries
containing complex regular expressions to the server that could result
in a Denial of Service by a server crash (CVE-2007-4769), an infinite
loop (CVE-2007-4772) or a memory exhaustion (CVE-2007-6067). The two
other vulnerabilities can be exploited to gain additional privileges.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround for all these issues at this time."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200801-15"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All PostgreSQL users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose 'dev-db/postgresql'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
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_cwe_id(189, 264, 287, 399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postgresql");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/01/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/01/29");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-db/postgresql", unaffected:make_list("ge 8.0.15", "rge 7.4.19", "rge 7.3.21"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 8.0.15"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PostgreSQL");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
gentoo | linux | postgresql | p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postgresql |
gentoo | linux | cpe:/o:gentoo:linux |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3278
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4769
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4772
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6067
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6600
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6601
security.gentoo.org/glsa/200801-15