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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerability (USN-6656-2)

2024-03-1200:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu
postgres
vulnerability
usn-6656-2
privilege drop
materialized view
sql functions
superuser
attack
exploit
cve-2024-0985
nessus

CVSS3

8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

26.1%

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6656-2 advisory.

USN-6656-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL. This update provides the corresponding updates for     Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled dropping privileges

when handling REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY commands. If a user or

automatic system were tricked into running a specially crafted command, a

remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL

functions.

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 number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6656-2. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(191926);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-0985");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6656-2");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : PostgreSQL vulnerability (USN-6656-2)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
USN-6656-2 advisory.

    USN-6656-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL. This update provides the corresponding updates for
    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Original advisory details:

    It was discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled dropping privileges

    when handling REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY commands. If a user or

    automatic system were tricked into running a specially crafted command, a

    remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL

    functions.

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
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6656-2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-0985");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/02/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/03/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/03/12");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-compat3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpgtypes3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-9.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-client-9.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-contrib-9.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-9.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython-9.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-9.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-9.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-server-dev-9.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

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 (! ('16.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04', '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 ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-compat3', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg-dev', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libecpg6', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpgtypes3', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq-dev', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'libpq5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-9.5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-client-9.5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-contrib-9.5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plperl-9.5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython-9.5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-plpython3-9.5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-pltcl-9.5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'postgresql-server-dev-9.5', 'pkgver': '9.5.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm7', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];

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'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) {
        flag++;
        if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  if (pro_caveat_needed) {
    extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
    extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
    extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
  }
  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');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
canonicalubuntu_linuxpostgresql-plperl-9.5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plperl-9.5
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibecpg6p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libecpg6
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibpgtypes3p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpgtypes3
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts
canonicalubuntu_linuxpostgresql-plpython3-9.5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython3-9.5
canonicalubuntu_linuxpostgresql-plpython-9.5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-plpython-9.5
canonicalubuntu_linuxpostgresql-pltcl-9.5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-pltcl-9.5
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibpq5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq5
canonicalubuntu_linuxpostgresql-contrib-9.5p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:postgresql-contrib-9.5
canonicalubuntu_linuxlibpq-devp-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpq-dev
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CVSS3

8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

26.1%