Security update for postgresql17

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0787-1
Release Date: 2026-03-03T14:48:35Z
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-2006 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-2006 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for postgresql17 fixes the following issue:

Update to version 17.9 (bsc#1258754).

Regression fixes:

  • the substring() function raises an error "invalid byte sequence for encoding" on non-ASCII text values if the source of that value is a database column (caused by CVE-2026-2006 fix).
  • a standby may halt and return an error "could not access status of transaction".

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 High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-787=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-787=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-787=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-787=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-787=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-787=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-787=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-787=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • postgresql17-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debugsource-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • postgresql17-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debugsource-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • postgresql17-plperl-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-pltcl-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-devel-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plpython-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plpython-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-contrib-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-contrib-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plperl-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-pltcl-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-devel-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debugsource-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (noarch)
    • postgresql17-docs-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • postgresql17-plperl-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-pltcl-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-devel-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plpython-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plpython-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-contrib-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-contrib-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plperl-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-pltcl-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-devel-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debugsource-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (noarch)
    • postgresql17-docs-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • postgresql17-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debugsource-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • postgresql17-plperl-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-pltcl-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-devel-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-llvmjit-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plpython-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-contrib-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plpython-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-contrib-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-llvmjit-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plperl-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-pltcl-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-devel-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debugsource-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
    • postgresql17-docs-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • postgresql17-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debugsource-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • postgresql17-plperl-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-pltcl-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-devel-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-llvmjit-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plpython-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-contrib-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plpython-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-contrib-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-llvmjit-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-plperl-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-pltcl-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-devel-debuginfo-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-server-devel-17.9-150200.5.25.1
    • postgresql17-debugsource-17.9-150200.5.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (noarch)
    • postgresql17-docs-17.9-150200.5.25.1

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