SUSE: Important Update for PostgreSQL16 Addresses Privilege Check Issues
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December 12, 2025
* bsc#1253332 * bsc#1253333 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-12817
Summary
## 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 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-2025-4386=1
References
* bsc#1253332
* bsc#1253333
Cross-
* CVE-2025-12817
* CVE-2025-12818
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
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4386-1
Release Date: 2025-12-12T13:34:22Z
Rating: important
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