Security update for postgresql17, postgresql18

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0197-1
Release Date: 2026-01-21T09:32:00Z
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-12817 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-12817 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-12817 ( NVD ): 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-12818 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-12818 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-12818 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for postgresql17, postgresql18 fixes the following issues:

Changes in postgresql18:

  • Fix build with uring for post SLE15 code streams.

Update to 18.1:

  • https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/p-3171/
  • https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/18.1/
  • bsc#1253332, CVE-2025-12817: Missing check for CREATE privileges on the schema in CREATE STATISTICS allowed table owners to create statistics in any schema, potentially leading to unexpected naming conflicts.

  • bsc#1253333, CVE-2025-12818: Several places in libpq were not sufficiently careful about computing the required size of a memory allocation. Sufficiently large inputs could cause integer overflow, resulting in an undersized buffer, which would then lead to writing past the end of the buffer.

  • pg_config --libs returns -lnuma so we need to require it.

Update to 18.0:

  • https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/p-3142/
  • https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18.html

Changes in postgresql17:

Update to 17.7:

  • https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/p-3171/
  • https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/17.7/
  • bsc#1253332, CVE-2025-12817: Missing check for CREATE privileges on the schema in CREATE STATISTICS allowed table owners to create statistics in any schema, potentially leading to unexpected naming conflicts.

  • bsc#1253333, CVE-2025-12818: Several places in libpq were not sufficiently careful about computing the required size of a memory allocation. Sufficiently large inputs could cause integer overflow, resulting in an undersized buffer, which would then lead to writing past the end of the buffer.

  • switch library to pg 18

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-197=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-197=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libpq5-debuginfo-18.1-8.3.4
    • libpq5-18.1-8.3.4
    • libecpg6-debuginfo-18.1-8.3.4
    • libecpg6-18.1-8.3.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
    • postgresql-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-server-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-docs-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-contrib-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-pltcl-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-server-devel-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-plperl-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-devel-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-plpython-18-4.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (s390x x86_64)
    • libecpg6-32bit-18.1-8.3.4
    • libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit-18.1-8.3.4
    • libpq5-32bit-18.1-8.3.4
    • libpq5-debuginfo-32bit-18.1-8.3.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • libecpg6-32bit-18.1-8.3.4
    • libpq5-32bit-18.1-8.3.4
    • libpq5-debuginfo-32bit-18.1-8.3.4
    • libpq5-18.1-8.3.4
    • libecpg6-18.1-8.3.4
    • libpq5-debuginfo-18.1-8.3.4
    • libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit-18.1-8.3.4
    • libecpg6-debuginfo-18.1-8.3.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch)
    • postgresql-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-server-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-docs-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-contrib-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-pltcl-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-server-devel-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-plperl-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-devel-18-4.32.1
    • postgresql-plpython-18-4.32.1

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