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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : postgresql18 (SUSE-SU-2026:0585-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 299712

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-2026:0585-1 advisory.

 Update to version 18.2.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2026-2003: improper validation of type 'oidvector' may allow disclose a few bytes of server memory (bsc#1258008).
 - CVE-2026-2004: intarray missing validation of type of input to selectivity estimator could lead to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1258009).
 - CVE-2026-2005: buffer overrun in contrib/pgcrypto's PGP decryption functions could lead to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1258010).
 - CVE-2026-2006: inadequate validation of multibyte character lengths could lead to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1258011).
 - CVE-2026-2007: pg_trgm heap buffer overflow can cause to write pattern onto server memory (bsc#1258012).

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 libecpg6, libecpg6-32bit, libpq5 and / or libpq5-32bit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258008

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258009

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258010

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258011

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258012

http://www.nessus.org/u?528cdec3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2003

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2004

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2005

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2006

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2007

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299712

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0585-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2026

Updated: 2/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2026-2006

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-32bit

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: 2/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2003, CVE-2026-2004, CVE-2026-2005, CVE-2026-2006, CVE-2026-2007

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0585-1