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openSUSE 15.6: SUSE-SU-2025:01644-1 moderate: postgresql17 encoding issue

opensuse
Calendar Grey May 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Tackling the character set challenges in postgresql17, this revision guarantees reliability and resolves key security flaws.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for postgresql17 fixes the following issues:

Upgrade to 17.5:

* CVE-2025-4207: Fixed PostgreSQL GB18030 encoding validation can read one

byte past end of allocation for text that fails validation (bsc#1242931)

Changelog:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/17.5/

Patch

## 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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1644=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1644=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1644=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-1644=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP6-2025-1644=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* postgresql17-pltcl-debuginfo-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-contrib-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-pltcl-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-llvmjit-devel-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-devel-mini-debuginfo-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-llvmjit-debuginfo-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-plpython-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-server-devel-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-devel-debuginfo-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-mini-debugsource-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-test-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-devel-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-debuginfo-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-plperl-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* libecpg6-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-server-devel-debuginfo-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-plpython-debuginfo-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-llvmjit-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* libpq5-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-contrib-debuginfo-17.5-150600.13.13.1

* postgresql17-17.5-150600.13.13.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1242931

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4207.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242931

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01644-1
Release Date: 2025-05-21T14:35:27Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * Server Applications Module 15-SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

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