Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1410
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4) spell_init, and (5) syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands that call other functions that accept internal arguments.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 8 | |
OS | 1 |
Nessus
NASL family Databases NASL id POSTGRESQL_CHARSET_AND_TSEARCH2.NASL description According to its banner, the version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host may suffer from the following vulnerabilities : - Character Conversion Vulnerability Unprivileged users can call functions supporting client- server character set conversion from SQL commands even though those functions do not validate their arguments. - tsearch2 Vulnerability If installed, the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18202 published 2005-05-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18202 title PostgreSQL < 8.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(18202); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/25 18:58:03"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1409", "CVE-2005-1410"); script_bugtraq_id(13475, 13476); script_name(english:"PostgreSQL < 8.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for character conversion and tsearch2 module vulnerabilities in PostgreSQL"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its banner, the version of PostgreSQL installed on the remote host may suffer from the following vulnerabilities : - Character Conversion Vulnerability Unprivileged users can call functions supporting client- server character set conversion from SQL commands even though those functions do not validate their arguments. - tsearch2 Vulnerability If installed, the 'contrib/tsearch2' module permits users to at a minimum crash the backend because it misdeclares several functions as returning type 'internal' when in fact they do not have any 'internal' argument."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315"); # http://web.archive.org/web/20080820000033/http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release-8-0-3.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7969c3a5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Implement the changes described in the PostgreSQL advisory or upgrade to 8.0.3."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); 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:"2005/05/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/05/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/05/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Databases"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("postgresql_detect.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/postgresql", 5432); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); port = get_service(svc:"postgresql", default:5432, exit_on_fail:TRUE); # Request the database 'template1' as the user 'postgres' or 'pgsql'. zero = raw_string(0x00); user[0] = "postgres"; user[1] = "pgsql"; for (i=0; i<2; i=i+1) { soc = open_sock_tcp(port); if (!soc) audit(AUDIT_PORT_CLOSED, port); usr = user[i]; len = 224 - strlen(usr); req = raw_string( 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x28, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x74, 0x65, 0x6D, 0x70, 0x6C, 0x61, 0x74, 0x65, 0x31 ) + crap(data:zero, length:55) + usr + crap(data:zero, length:len); send(socket:soc, data:req); res = recv(socket:soc, length:5); res2 = recv(socket:soc, length:1024); if ((res[0]=="R") && (strlen(res2) == 10)) { req = raw_string(0x51) + "select version();" + raw_string(0x00); send(socket:soc, data:req); res = recv(socket:soc, length:65535); res = strstr(res, "PostgreSQL"); if (res != NULL) { for (i=0; i<strlen(res); i++) { if (ord(res[i]) == 0) break; } res = substr(res, 0, i-1); # nb: the vulnerabilities affect 7.3.0 - 8.0.2. if (ereg(string:res, pattern:"PostgreSQL (7\.[34]|8\.0\.[0-2][^0-9])")){ security_warning(port); } } else if ("ERROR: function version()" >< res && report_paranoia > 1) security_warning(port); exit(0); } }
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2005-093.NASL description A number of vulnerabilities were found and corrected in the PostgreSQL DBMS : Two serious security errors have been found in PostgreSQL 7.3 and newer releases. These errors at least allow an unprivileged database user to crash the backend process, and may make it possible for an unprivileged user to gain the privileges of a database superuser. Functions that support client-to-server character set conversion can be called from SQL commands by unprivileged users, but these functions are not designed to be safe against malicious choices of argument values. (CVE-2005-1409) The contrib/tsearch2 module misdeclares several functions as returning type last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18411 published 2005-06-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18411 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDKSA-2005:093) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:093. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(18411); script_version ("1.17"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:47"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1409", "CVE-2005-1410"); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2005:093"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : postgresql (MDKSA-2005:093)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "A number of vulnerabilities were found and corrected in the PostgreSQL DBMS : Two serious security errors have been found in PostgreSQL 7.3 and newer releases. These errors at least allow an unprivileged database user to crash the backend process, and may make it possible for an unprivileged user to gain the privileges of a database superuser. Functions that support client-to-server character set conversion can be called from SQL commands by unprivileged users, but these functions are not designed to be safe against malicious choices of argument values. (CVE-2005-1409) The contrib/tsearch2 module misdeclares several functions as returning type 'internal' when they do not have any 'internal' argument. This breaks the type safety of 'internal' by allowing users to construct SQL commands that invoke other functions accepting 'internal' arguments. (CVE-2005-1410) These vulnerabilities must also be fixed in all existing databases when upgrading. The post-installation script of the updated postgresql-server package attempts to do this automatically. The updated packages have been patched to correct these problems." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ecpg3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ecpg3-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pgtcl2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pgtcl2-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pq3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pq3-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libecpg3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libecpg3-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpgtcl2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpgtcl2-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpq3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpq3-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-contrib"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-docs"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-jdbc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-pl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-plperl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-plpgsql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-plpython"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-pltcl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-server"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-tcl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:postgresql-test"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/05/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/06/02"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"amd64", reference:"lib64ecpg3-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"amd64", reference:"lib64ecpg3-devel-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"amd64", reference:"lib64pgtcl2-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"amd64", reference:"lib64pgtcl2-devel-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"amd64", reference:"lib64pq3-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"amd64", reference:"lib64pq3-devel-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libecpg3-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libecpg3-devel-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpgtcl2-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpgtcl2-devel-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpq3-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpq3-devel-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-contrib-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-devel-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-docs-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-jdbc-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-pl-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-server-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-tcl-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"postgresql-test-7.4.1-2.5.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ecpg3-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ecpg3-devel-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pgtcl2-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pgtcl2-devel-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pq3-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pq3-devel-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libecpg3-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libecpg3-devel-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpgtcl2-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpgtcl2-devel-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpq3-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpq3-devel-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-contrib-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-devel-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-docs-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-jdbc-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-pl-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-server-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-tcl-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"postgresql-test-7.4.5-4.3.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ecpg3-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64ecpg3-devel-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pq3-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pq3-devel-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"libecpg3-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"libecpg3-devel-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpq3-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpq3-devel-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-contrib-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-devel-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-docs-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-jdbc-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-pl-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-plperl-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-plpgsql-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-plpython-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-pltcl-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-server-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.2", reference:"postgresql-test-8.0.1-6.1.102mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200505-12.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200505-12 (PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities) PostgreSQL gives public EXECUTE access to a number of character conversion routines, but doesn last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18271 published 2005-05-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18271 title GLSA-200505-12 : PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-12. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(18271); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1409", "CVE-2005-1410"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200505-12"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200505-12 : PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200505-12 (PostgreSQL: Multiple vulnerabilities) PostgreSQL gives public EXECUTE access to a number of character conversion routines, but doesn't validate the given arguments (CAN-2005-1409). It has also been reported that the contrib/tsearch2 module of PostgreSQL misdeclares the return value of some functions as 'internal' (CAN-2005-1410). Impact : An attacker could call the character conversion routines with specially setup arguments to crash the backend process of PostgreSQL or to potentially gain administrator rights. A malicious user could also call the misdeclared functions of the contrib/tsearch2 module, resulting in a Denial of Service or other, yet uninvestigated, impacts. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); # http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315/" ); # http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-12" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All PostgreSQL users should update to the latest available version and follow the guide at http://www.postgresql.o rg/about/news.315 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-db/postgresql" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:postgresql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/05/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/05/17"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-db/postgresql", unaffected:make_list("eq 7.3*", "eq 7.4*", "rge 8.0.1-r3", "ge 8.0.2-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 7.3.10", "lt 7.4.7-r2", "lt 8.0.2-r1"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PostgreSQL"); }
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2005-433.NASL description Updated postgresql packages that fix several security vulnerabilities and risks of data loss are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS) that supports almost all SQL constructs (including transactions, subselects and user-defined types and functions). The PostgreSQL community discovered two distinct errors in initial system catalog entries that could allow authorized database users to crash the database and possibly escalate their privileges. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-1409 and CVE-2005-1410 to these issues. Although installing this update will protect new (freshly initdb last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18408 published 2005-06-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18408 title RHEL 3 / 4 : postgresql (RHSA-2005:433) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:433. The text # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(18408); script_version ("1.26"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:11"); script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1409", "CVE-2005-1410"); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2005:433"); script_name(english:"RHEL 3 / 4 : postgresql (RHSA-2005:433)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated postgresql packages that fix several security vulnerabilities and risks of data loss are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS) that supports almost all SQL constructs (including transactions, subselects and user-defined types and functions). The PostgreSQL community discovered two distinct errors in initial system catalog entries that could allow authorized database users to crash the database and possibly escalate their privileges. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-1409 and CVE-2005-1410 to these issues. Although installing this update will protect new (freshly initdb'd) database installations from these errors, administrators MUST TAKE MANUAL ACTION to repair the errors in pre-existing databases. The appropriate procedures are explained at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/release-7-4-8.html for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users, or http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/release-7-3-10.html for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users. This update corrects several problems that might occur while trying to upgrade a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 installation (containing rh-postgresql packages) to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (containing postgresql packages). These updated packages correctly supersede the rh-postgresql packages. The original release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 failed to initialize the database correctly if started for the first time with SELinux in enforcement mode. This update corrects that problem. If you already have a nonfunctional database in place, shut down the postgresql service if running, install this update, then do 'sudo rm -rf /var/lib/pgsql/data' before restarting the postgresql service. This update also solves the problem that the PostgreSQL server might fail to restart after a system reboot, due to a stale lockfile. This update also corrects a problem with wrong error messages in libpq, the postgresql client library. The library would formerly report kernel error messages incorrectly when the locale setting was not C. This update also includes fixes for several other errors, including two race conditions that could result in apparent data inconsistency or actual data loss. All users of PostgreSQL are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and to apply the recommended manual corrections to existing databases." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-1409" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-1410" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:433" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-contrib"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-docs"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-jdbc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-libs"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-pl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-python"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-server"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-tcl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:postgresql-test"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-contrib"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-docs"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-jdbc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-libs"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-pl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-python"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-server"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-tcl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-postgresql-test"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/05/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/06/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/06/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! 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NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_486AFF579ECD11DAB410000E0C2E438A.NASL description The postgresql development team reports : The more severe of the two errors is that the functions that support client-to-server character set conversion can be called from SQL commands by unprivileged users, but these functions are not designed to be safe against malicious choices of argument values. This problem exists in PostgreSQL 7.3.* through 8.0.*. The recommended fix is to disable public EXECUTE access for these functions. This does not affect normal usage of the functions for character set conversion, but it will prevent misuse. The other error is that the contrib/tsearch2 module misdeclares several functions as returning type last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 21425 published 2006-05-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21425 title FreeBSD : postgresql -- character conversion and tsearch2 vulnerabilities (486aff57-9ecd-11da-b410-000e0c2e438a) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-118-1.NASL description It was discovered that unprivileged users were allowed to call internal character conversion functions. However, since these functions were not designed to be safe against malicious choices of argument values, this could potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the PostgreSQL server (user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 20506 published 2006-01-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20506 title Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : postgresql vulnerabilities (USN-118-1) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2005-433.NASL description Updated postgresql packages that fix several security vulnerabilities and risks of data loss are now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS) that supports almost all SQL constructs (including transactions, subselects and user-defined types and functions). The PostgreSQL community discovered two distinct errors in initial system catalog entries that could allow authorized database users to crash the database and possibly escalate their privileges. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-1409 and CVE-2005-1410 to these issues. Although installing this update will protect new (freshly initdb last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 21826 published 2006-07-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21826 title CentOS 3 / 4 : postgresql (CESA-2005:433)
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accepted 2005-08-18T07:37:00.000-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Jay Beale organization Bastille Linux description The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4) spell_init, and (5) syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands that call other functions that accept internal arguments. family unix id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1086 status accepted submitted 2005-06-27T12:00:00.000-04:00 title PostgreSQL tsearch2 "internal" Functions Vulnerability version 4 accepted 2013-04-29T04:18:53.144-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Aharon Chernin organization SCAP.com, LLC name Dragos Prisaca organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782 comment CentOS Linux 3.x oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651 comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831 comment CentOS Linux 4.x oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636 comment Oracle Linux 4.x oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
description The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4) spell_init, and (5) syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands that call other functions that accept internal arguments. family unix id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9343 status accepted submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 title The tsearch2 module in PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.0.x declares the (1) dex_init, (2) snb_en_init, (3) snb_ru_init, (4) spell_init, and (5) syn_init functions as "internal" even when they do not take an internal argument, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have other impacts via SQL commands that call other functions that accept internal arguments. version 26
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References
- http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2005-05/msg00001.php
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.postgresql.org/about/news.315
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-433.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426302/30/6680/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13475
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0453
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1086
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9343