Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841385
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1789-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1' package(s) announced via the USN-1789-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1' package(s) announced via the USN-1789-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Mitsumasa Kondo and Kyotaro Horiguchi discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain connection requests containing database names starting with a dash. A remote attacker could use this flaw to damage or destroy files within a server's data directory. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2013-1899) Marko Kreen discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly generated random numbers. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to possibly guess another database user's random numbers. (CVE-2013-1900) Noah Misch discovered that PostgreSQL incorrectly handled certain privilege checks. An unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to possibly interfere with in-progress backups. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2013-1901) Affected Software/OS: 'postgresql-8.3, postgresql-8.4, postgresql-9.1' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 8.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1899 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html Debian Security Information: DSA-2658 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2658 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101519.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102806.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:142 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:0633 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00011.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0627 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00007.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0628 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00008.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0635 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00012.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1789-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1900 Debian Security Information: DSA-2657 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2657 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1475 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1475.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1901
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG

This is only one of 146377 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit. To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.