PostgreSQL TOCTOU Vulnerability (Aug 2024) - Windows
🗓️ 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.152848");
script_version("2025-05-09T15:42:11+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-05-09 15:42:11 +0000 (Fri, 09 May 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-08-09 02:52:20 +0000 (Fri, 09 Aug 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-08-12 15:54:52 +0000 (Mon, 12 Aug 2024)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-7348");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("PostgreSQL TOCTOU Vulnerability (Aug 2024) - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Databases");
script_dependencies("gb_postgresql_consolidation.nasl",
"os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("postgresql/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PostgreSQL is prone to a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU)
race condition vulnerability in pg_dump.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in pg_dump in
allows an object creator to execute arbitrary SQL functions as the user running pg_dump, which is
often a superuser. The attack involves replacing another relation type with a view or foreign
table. The attack requires waiting for pg_dump to start, but winning the race condition is
trivial if the attacker retains an open transaction.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PostgreSQL version 12.x prior to 12.20, 13.x prior to 13.16,
14.x prior to 14.13, 15.x prior to 15.8 and 16.x prior to 16.4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 12.20, 13.16, 14.13, 15.8, 16.4 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2024-7348/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-164-158-1413-1316-1220-and-17-beta-3-released-2910/");
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_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "12.0", test_version_up: "12.20")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12.20", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "13.0", test_version_up: "13.16")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "13.16", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "14.0", test_version_up: "14.13")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.13", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "15.0", test_version_up: "15.8")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "15.8", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "16.0", test_version_up: "16.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "16.4", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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09 May 2025 00:00Current
8.4High risk
Vulners AI Score8.4
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