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openSUSE: PostgreSQL 16 Critical Integer Overflow and Privilege Update

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for openSUSE addressing two vulnerabilities in postgresql16, enhancing system integrity.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for postgresql16 fixes the following issues:

Upgraded to 16.11:

* CVE-2025-12817: Fixed missing check for CREATE privileges on the schema in

CREATE STATISTICS (bsc#1253332)

* CVE-2025-12818: Fixed integer overflow in allocation-size calculations

within libpq (bsc#1253333)

Other fixes:

* Use %product_libs_llvm_ver to determine the LLVM version.

* Remove conditionals for obsolete PostgreSQL releases.

* Sync spec file from version 18.

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-2025-4388=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-4388=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-4388=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP7-2025-4388=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-4388=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2025-4388=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP6-2025-4388=1

* Server Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP7-2025-4388=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* postgresql16-llvmjit-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-plperl-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-plperl-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-test-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-devel-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-pltcl-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-server-devel-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-server-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-llvmjit-devel-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-debugsource-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-server-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-plpython-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-plpython-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-contrib-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-contrib-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-pltcl-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-devel-16.11-150600.16.25.1

* postgresql16-server-devel-debuginfo-16.11-150600.16.25.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1253332

* bsc#1253333

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12817.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12818.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253332

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253333

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4388-1
Release Date: 2025-12-12T13:36:55Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Legacy Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * Server Applications Module 15-SP6 * Server Applications Module 15-SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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