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Oracle Linux 10 : postgresql16 (ELSA-2026-0525)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 283688

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-0525 advisory.

 [16.11-1.0.1]
 - Replace upstream reference [Orabug: 37044148]

 [16.11-1]
 - Update to 16.11

 [16.10-3]
 - Add tmpfiles.d configuration for PostgreSQL 16
 - Ensures proper directory permissions for /var/lib/pgsql

 [16.10-2]
 - Add OpenSSL support to upgrade_configure function
 - This ensures upgrade server is compiled with OpenSSL support
 - Required for SSL/TLS connections during database upgrades

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-0525.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 283688

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-0525.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12818

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-private-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:postgresql-private-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12818

IAVB: 2025-B-0192