SB2025082705 - SUSE update for postgresql17
Published: August 27, 2025 Updated: November 7, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8713)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to PostgreSQL optimizer statistics allow a user to read sampled data within a view that the user cannot access. A remote user can gain access to sensitive information.
2) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8714)
CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary psql code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in pg_dump. A malicious superuser of the origin server to inject arbitrary psql code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands, such as pg_dump, pg_dumpall, and pg_restore.
3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8715)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary psql code.
The vulnerability exists in pg_dump due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling new line characters. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted backup and execute arbitrary psql code on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.