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Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-747)

🗓️ 26 Oct 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-747) - PostgreSQL Vulnerabilitie

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# 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-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120736");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5423", "CVE-2016-5424");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-10-26 12:38:25 +0000 (Wed, 26 Oct 2016)");
  script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:39+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:39 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-01-05 02:31:00 +0000 (Fri, 05 Jan 2018)");

  script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-747)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2016-747");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-747.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'postgresql92, postgresql93, postgresql94' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-747 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL server handled certain SQL statements containing CASE/WHEN commands. A remote, authenticated attacker could use a specially crafted SQL statement to cause PostgreSQL to crash or disclose a few bytes of server memory or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5423)

A flaw was found in the way PostgreSQL client programs handled database and role names containing newlines, carriage returns, double quotes, or backslashes. By crafting such an object name, roles with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE option could escalate their privileges to superuser when a superuser next executes maintenance with a vulnerable client program. (CVE-2016-5424)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'postgresql92, postgresql93, postgresql94' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "AMAZON") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92", rpm:"postgresql92~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-contrib", rpm:"postgresql92-contrib~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-debuginfo", rpm:"postgresql92-debuginfo~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-devel", rpm:"postgresql92-devel~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-docs", rpm:"postgresql92-docs~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-libs", rpm:"postgresql92-libs~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-plperl", rpm:"postgresql92-plperl~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-plpython26", rpm:"postgresql92-plpython26~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-plpython27", rpm:"postgresql92-plpython27~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-pltcl", rpm:"postgresql92-pltcl~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-server", rpm:"postgresql92-server~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-server-compat", rpm:"postgresql92-server-compat~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql92-test", rpm:"postgresql92-test~9.2.18~1.59.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93", rpm:"postgresql93~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-contrib", rpm:"postgresql93-contrib~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-debuginfo", rpm:"postgresql93-debuginfo~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-devel", rpm:"postgresql93-devel~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-docs", rpm:"postgresql93-docs~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-libs", rpm:"postgresql93-libs~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-plperl", rpm:"postgresql93-plperl~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-plpython26", rpm:"postgresql93-plpython26~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-plpython27", rpm:"postgresql93-plpython27~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-pltcl", rpm:"postgresql93-pltcl~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-server", rpm:"postgresql93-server~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql93-test", rpm:"postgresql93-test~9.3.14~1.62.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94", rpm:"postgresql94~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-contrib", rpm:"postgresql94-contrib~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-debuginfo", rpm:"postgresql94-debuginfo~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-devel", rpm:"postgresql94-devel~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-docs", rpm:"postgresql94-docs~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-libs", rpm:"postgresql94-libs~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-plperl", rpm:"postgresql94-plperl~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-plpython26", rpm:"postgresql94-plpython26~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-plpython27", rpm:"postgresql94-plpython27~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-server", rpm:"postgresql94-server~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"postgresql94-test", rpm:"postgresql94-test~9.4.9~1.67.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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