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SUSE 12 SP5: 2025:01765-1 moderate: Fix for PostgreSQL Encoding Issue

* bsc#1242931 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-4207 . # Security update for postgresql17 Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01765-1 Release Date: 2025-05-30T07:44:44Z Rating: moderate References: * bsc#1242931 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-4207 CVSS scores: * CVE-2025-4207 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H * CVE-2025-4207 ( 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 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 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 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-2025-1765=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-1765=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libecpg6-debuginfo-17.5-3.13.1 * libpq5-debuginfo-17.5-3.13.1 * libpq5-17.5-3.13.1 * libecpg6-17.5-3.13.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (s390x x86_64) * libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit-17.5-3.13.1 * libecpg6-32bit-17.5-3.13.1 * libpq5-32bit-17.5-3.13.1 * libpq5-debuginfo-32bit-17.5-3.13.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS ExtendedSecurity (x86_64) * libecpg6-debuginfo-17.5-3.13.1 * libecpg6-debuginfo-32bit-17.5-3.13.1 * libpq5-debuginfo-32bit-17.5-3.13.1 * libecpg6-32bit-17.5-3.13.1 * libecpg6-17.5-3.13.1 * libpq5-32bit-17.5-3.13.1 * libpq5-17.5-3.13.1 * libpq5-debuginfo-17.5-3.13.1 ## References: * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4207.html * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242931 . The recent PostgreSQL 17.5 patch for SUSE addresses a moderate severity issue regarding encoding validation. Discover further information about the specifics of this update.. PostgreSQL Update,SUSE Security,Encoding Flaw Fix. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 30, 2025 SuSE