openSUSE 16 Security Update : postgresql16 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20447-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 304859

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20447-1 advisory.

- Update to versio 16.13. (bsc#1258754)
- CVE-2026-2003: Guard against unexpected dimensions of oidvector/int2vector (bsc#1258008)
- CVE-2026-2004: Harden selectivity estimators against being attached to operators that accept unexpected data types. (bsc#1258009)
- CVE-2026-2005: Fix buffer overrun in contrib/pgcrypto's PGP decryption functions. (bsc#1258010)
- CVE-2026-2006: Fix inadequate validation of multibyte character lengths. (bsc#1258011)

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: 304859

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20447-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2026

Updated: 4/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-test, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-llvmjit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-llvmjit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:postgresql16-devel

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: 3/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2026

Reference Information

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

IAVB: 2026-B-0047

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