CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
57.8%
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.
postgresql: server processes unencrypted bytes from man-in-the-middle (CVE-2021-23214)
An issue was discovered in PostgreSQL 12.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via repeatedly sending SIGHUP signals. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because untrusted users cannot send SIGHUP signals; they can only be sent by a PostgreSQL superuser, a user with pg_reload_conf access, or a user with sufficient privileges at the OS level (the postgres account or the root account). (CVE-2020-21469)
A memory disclosure vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL that allows remote users to access sensitive information by exploiting certain aggregate function calls with ‘unknown’-type arguments. Handling ‘unknown’-type values from string literals without type designation can disclose bytes, potentially revealing notable and confidential information. This issue exists due to excessive data output in aggregate function calls, enabling remote users to read some portion of system memory. (CVE-2023-5868)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager’s report that the package is installed.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory postgresql. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(198807);
script_version("1.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/16");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2020-21469",
"CVE-2021-23214",
"CVE-2023-5868",
"CVE-2023-5870"
);
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2024-B-0062-S");
script_name(english:"RHEL 8 : postgresql (Unpatched Vulnerability)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat 8 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.
- postgresql: server processes unencrypted bytes from man-in-the-middle (CVE-2021-23214)
- An issue was discovered in PostgreSQL 12.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via repeatedly
sending SIGHUP signals. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because untrusted users cannot send SIGHUP
signals; they can only be sent by a PostgreSQL superuser, a user with pg_reload_conf access, or a user
with sufficient privileges at the OS level (the postgres account or the root account). (CVE-2020-21469)
- A memory disclosure vulnerability was found in PostgreSQL that allows remote users to access sensitive
information by exploiting certain aggregate function calls with 'unknown'-type arguments. Handling
'unknown'-type values from string literals without type designation can disclose bytes, potentially
revealing notable and confidential information. This issue exists due to excessive data output in
aggregate function calls, enabling remote users to read some portion of system memory. (CVE-2023-5868)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package
is installed.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation
guidance.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-23214");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/11/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/06/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql");
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:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched"))
exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);
var appstreams = {
'postgresql:10': [
{
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'postgresql', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'unpatched_pkg':'postgresql', 'cves':['CVE-2020-21469', 'CVE-2023-5868', 'CVE-2023-5870']}
]
}
],
'postgresql:12': [
{
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'postgresql', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'unpatched_pkg':'postgresql', 'cves':['CVE-2020-21469']}
]
}
],
'postgresql:9.6': [
{
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'postgresql', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'unpatched_pkg':'postgresql', 'cves':['CVE-2021-23214']}
]
}
]
};
var flag = 0;
var appstreams_found = 0;
foreach var module (keys(appstreams)) {
var appstream = NULL;
var appstream_name = NULL;
var appstream_version = NULL;
var appstream_split = split(module, sep:':', keep:FALSE);
if (!empty_or_null(appstream_split)) {
appstream_name = appstream_split[0];
appstream_version = appstream_split[1];
if (!empty_or_null(appstream_name)) appstream = get_one_kb_item('Host/RedHat/appstream/' + appstream_name);
}
if (!empty_or_null(appstream) && appstream_version == appstream || appstream_name == 'all') {
appstreams_found++;
foreach var module_array ( appstreams[module] ) {
var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
var enterprise_linux_flag = rhel_repo_urls_has_content_dist_rhel(repo_urls:repo_relative_urls);
foreach var package_array ( module_array['pkgs'] ) {
var unpatched_pkg = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
var cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['unpatched_pkg'])) unpatched_pkg = package_array['unpatched_pkg'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
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['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (unpatched_pkg &&
_release &&
(!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check)) &&
unpatched_package_exists(release:_release, package:unpatched_pkg, cves: cves)) flag++;
}
}
}
}
if (!appstreams_found) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'Module postgresql:10 / postgresql:12 / postgresql:9.6');
if (flag)
{
var extra = NULL;
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : unpatched_packages_report()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'postgresql');
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
57.8%