CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.0%
The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6538-1 advisory.
Jingzhou Fu discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain unknown arguments in aggregate function calls. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-5868)
Pedro Gallegos discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled modifying certain SQL array values. A remote attacker could use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-5869)
Hemanth Sandrana and Mahendrakar Srinivasarao discovered that PostgreSQL allowed the pg_signal_backend role to signal certain superuser processes, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2023-5870)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6538-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
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script_id(186624);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-5868", "CVE-2023-5869", "CVE-2023-5870");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6538-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 : PostgreSQL vulnerabilities (USN-6538-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6538-1 advisory.
Jingzhou Fu discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain unknown arguments in aggregate function
calls. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2023-5868)
Pedro Gallegos discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled modifying certain SQL array values. A remote
attacker could use this issue to obtain sensitive information, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-5869)
Hemanth Sandrana and Mahendrakar Srinivasarao discovered that PostgreSQL allowed the pg_signal_backend
role to signal certain superuser processes, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2023-5870)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6538-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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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:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-5869");
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:"2023/11/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/12/06");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-compat3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpgtypes3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq5");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-14");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-15");
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script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
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include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '23.04' >< os_release || '23.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 23.04 / 23.10', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) 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, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-compat3', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-dev', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg6', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libpgtypes3', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq-dev', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq5', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-12', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-client-12', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plperl-12', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython3-12', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-pltcl-12', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-server-dev-12', 'pkgver': '12.17-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-compat3', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-dev', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg6', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpgtypes3', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq-dev', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq5', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-14', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-client-14', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plperl-14', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython3-14', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-pltcl-14', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-server-dev-14', 'pkgver': '14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-compat3', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-dev', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg6', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'libpgtypes3', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq-dev', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq5', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-client-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plperl-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython3-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-pltcl-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-server-dev-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.04.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-compat3', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-dev', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libecpg6', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libpgtypes3', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libpq-dev', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libpq5', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-client-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plperl-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython3-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-pltcl-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'},
{'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-server-dev-15', 'pkgver': '15.5-0ubuntu0.23.10.1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libecpg-compat3 / libecpg-dev / libecpg6 / libpgtypes3 / libpq-dev / etc');
}
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.0%