6.5 Medium
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
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.6%
PostgreSQL is prone to a memory disclosure vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117685");
script_version("2022-03-14T03:03:36+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-03-14 03:03:36 +0000 (Mon, 14 Mar 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-20 08:33:39 +0000 (Mon, 20 Sep 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-03-10 20:58:00 +0000 (Thu, 10 Mar 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3677");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PostgreSQL 11.x < 11.13, 12.x < 12.8, 13.x < 13.4 Memory Disclosure Vulnerability - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Databases");
script_dependencies("postgresql_detect.nasl", "secpod_postgresql_detect_lin.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("postgresql/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PostgreSQL is prone to a memory disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PostgreSQL 11.0 through 11.12, 12.0 through 12.7 and 13.0
through 13.3.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 11.13, 12.8, 13.4 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2021-3677/");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "11.0", test_version2: "11.12")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "11.13", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "12.0", test_version2: "12.7")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12.8", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "13.0", test_version2: "13.3")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "13.4", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
6.5 Medium
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
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.6%