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RockyLinux 8 : postgresql:16 (RLSA-2026:0519)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 283696

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:0519 advisory.

 * postgresql: CREATE STATISTICS does not check for schema CREATE privilege (CVE-2025-12817)

 * postgresql: libpq undersizes allocations, via integer wraparound (CVE-2025-12818)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:0519

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414825

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414826

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 283696

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-0519.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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:rocky:linux:postgresql-contrib, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-docs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-docs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-plpython3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgres-decoderbufs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pg_repack-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-private-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-plperl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-static, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-contrib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-test-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-server-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgres-decoderbufs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgres-decoderbufs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-private-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-upgrade-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pg_repack-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-server, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pgaudit, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pg_repack, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pgaudit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-private-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-pltcl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-upgrade-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-upgrade, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-plpython3, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pgaudit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-test-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-plperl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:postgresql-test

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12817, CVE-2025-12818