SUSE SLES12 Security Update : postgresql14 (SUSE-SU-2025:03020-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 258144

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03020-1 advisory.

Upgrade to 14.19:

- CVE-2025-8713: optimizer statistics can expose sampled data within a view, partition, or child table (bsc#1248120).
- CVE-2025-8714: untrusted data inclusion in `pg_dump` lets superuser of origin server execute arbitrary code in psql client (bsc#1248122).
- CVE-2025-8715: improper neutralization of newlines in `pg_dump` allows execution of arbitrary code in psql client and in restore target server (bsc#1248119).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 258144

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03020-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2025

Updated: 8/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8715

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-plpython, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql14-contrib

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8713, CVE-2025-8714, CVE-2025-8715

IAVB: 2025-B-0140

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03020-1

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