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SUSE: PostgreSQL16 Important Security Update for CVE-2025-12817, 12818

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical security update for PostgreSQL16 in SUSE, addressing two important vulnerabilities. Immediate action advised.
* 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 15 SP3 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-4387=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important integer overflow postgresql16 schema check

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 Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4387-1
Release Date: 2025-12-12T13:36:03Z
Rating: important

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