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RHEL 8 : libpq (RHSA-2023:7016)

2023-11-1400:00:00
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rhel 8
libpq
vulnerability
rhsa-2023:7016
postgresql
kerberos transport encryption
uninitialized bytes
nessus scanner

3.7 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

4.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.5%

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7016 advisory.

  • postgresql: Client memory disclosure when connecting with Kerberos to modified server (CVE-2022-41862)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:7016. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(185692);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-41862");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2023:7016");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 8 : libpq (RHSA-2023:7016)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for libpq.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2023:7016 advisory.

  - postgresql: Client memory disclosure when connecting with Kerberos to modified server (CVE-2022-41862)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.9_release_notes/index
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?819248f8");
  # https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_7016.json
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?97afb9d4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165722");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7016");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL libpq package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7016.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-41862");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(200);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Low");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/02/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpq");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpq-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) 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 && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.10/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.6/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8.9/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'libpq-13.11-1.el8', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libpq-devel-13.11-1.el8', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    var allowmaj = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        _release &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libpq / libpq-devel');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
redhatenterprise_linux8cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
redhatenterprise_linuxlibpqp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpq
redhatenterprise_linuxlibpq-develp-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpq-devel

3.7 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

4.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.5%