CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
39.2%
The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3255-1 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2021:3255-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(153793);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/13");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3677");
script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2021:3255-1");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2021-B-0048-S");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : postgresql13 (SUSE-SU-2021:3255-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the SUSE-SU-2021:3255-1 advisory.
- A flaw was found in postgresql. A purpose-crafted query can read arbitrary bytes of server memory. In the
default configuration, any authenticated database user can complete this attack at will. The attack does
not require the ability to create objects. If server settings include max_worker_processes=0, the known
versions of this attack are infeasible. However, undiscovered variants of the attack may be independent of
that setting. (CVE-2021-3677)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179945");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185952");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187751");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189748");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3677");
# https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-September/009522.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b3c97d4f");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
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:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3677");
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:"2021/08/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/09/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/09/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-32bit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-contrib");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-docs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-plperl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-plpython");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-pltcl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-server");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-server-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql13-test");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
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:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLES15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLED15 / SLES15', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);
var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP2/3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP2/3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'libpq5-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libpq5-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libpq5-32bit-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libpq5-32bit-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libpq5-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'libpq5-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-basesystem-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-test-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-packagehub-subpackages-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-test-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-packagehub-subpackages-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'libecpg6-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-contrib-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-devel-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-docs-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-plperl-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-plpython-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-pltcl-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-server-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-server-devel-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.2']},
{'reference':'libecpg6-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-contrib-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-devel-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-docs-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-plperl-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-plpython-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-pltcl-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-server-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']},
{'reference':'postgresql13-server-devel-13.4-5.16.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-server-applications-release-15.3']}
];
var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = 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['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (reference && _release) {
if (exists_check) {
var check_flag = 0;
foreach var check (exists_check) {
if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
check_flag++;
}
if (!check_flag) continue;
}
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) 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, 'libecpg6 / libpq5 / libpq5-32bit / postgresql13 / etc');
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
39.2%