CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
83.9%
PostgreSQL is prone to code injection and denial of service vulnerabilities.
# 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808665");
script_version("2024-07-19T05:05:32+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5423", "CVE-2016-5424");
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:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-19 05:05:32 +0000 (Fri, 19 Jul 2024)");
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_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-08-30 18:03:40 +0530 (Tue, 30 Aug 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_name("PostgreSQL Code Injection and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PostgreSQL is prone to code injection and denial of service vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to
- An error in certain nested CASE expressions.
- Improper sanitization of input passed to database and role names.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow a
remote attacker to inject code and cause the server to crash.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"PostgreSQL version before 9.1.23, 9.2.x
before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before
9.5.4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to version 9.1.23 or 9.2.18 or
9.3.14 or 9.4.9 or 9.5.4 or higher.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92433");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Databases");
script_dependencies("gb_postgresql_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("postgresql/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.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);
vers = infos["version"];
loc = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"9.1.23")) {
fix = "9.1.23";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(vers =~ "^9\.2") {
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"9.2.18")) {
fix = "9.2.18";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
else if(vers =~ "^9\.3") {
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"9.3.14")) {
fix = "9.3.14";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
else if(vers =~ "^9\.4") {
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"9.4.9")) {
fix = "9.4.9";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
else if(vers =~ "^9\.5") {
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"9.5.4")) {
fix = "9.5.4";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
if(VULN) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:loc);
security_message(port:port, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
83.9%