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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120599
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-609)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'postgresql92, postgresql93, postgresql94' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-609 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'postgresql92, postgresql93, postgresql94' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-609 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in json parsing in PostgreSQL before 9.3.x before 9.3.10 and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via unspecified vectors, which are not properly handled in (1) json or (2) jsonb values. (CVE-2015-5289)

The crypt function in contrib/pgcrypto in PostgreSQL before 9.0.23, 9.1.x before 9.1.19, 9.2.x before 9.2.14, 9.3.x before 9.3.10, and 9.4.x before 9.4.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) or read arbitrary server memory via a 'too-short' salt. (CVE-2015-5288)

Affected Software/OS:
'postgresql92, postgresql93, postgresql94' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.4

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5288
BugTraq ID: 77049
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77049
Debian Security Information: DSA-3374 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3374
Debian Security Information: DSA-3475 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3475
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172316.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169094.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033775
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0677 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00016.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1907 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00033.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1919 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00040.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2772-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5289
BugTraq ID: 77048
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77048
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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