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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerability (USN-6968-1)

🗓️ 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Ubuntu PostgreSQL vulnerability in 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 LT

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6968-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
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include('compat.inc');

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-6968-1 advisory.

    Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain SQL objects. An attacker could possibly
    use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL functions as the superuser.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-12");
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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 || '24.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04', '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': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-dev', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg6', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libpgtypes3', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq-dev', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq5', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-12', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-client-12', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plperl-12', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython3-12', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-pltcl-12', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-server-dev-12', 'pkgver': '12.20-0ubuntu0.20.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-compat3', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-dev', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg6', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpgtypes3', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq-dev', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq5', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-14', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-client-14', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plperl-14', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython3-14', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-pltcl-14', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-server-dev-14', 'pkgver': '14.13-0ubuntu0.22.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-compat3', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-dev', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg6', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpgtypes3', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq-dev', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq5', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-16', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-client-16', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plperl-16', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython3-16', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-pltcl-16', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-server-dev-16', 'pkgver': '16.4-0ubuntu0.24.04.1'}
];

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');
}

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27 Aug 2024 00:00Current
7.9High risk
Vulners AI Score7.9
CVSS 3.17.5 - 8.8
EPSS0.01565
SSVC
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