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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : postgresql18 (SUSE-SU-2026:1944-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 315255
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1944-1 advisory.This update for postgresql18 fixes the following issues
Update to version 18.4.
Security issues:
- CVE-2026-6472: ensure the user has CREATE privilege on the schema specified (bsc#1265172).
- CVE-2026-6473: integer overflows in memory-allocation calculations (bsc#1265173).
- CVE-2026-6474: Guard against malicious time zone names (bsc#1265174).
- CVE-2026-6475: Prevent path traversal in pg_basebackup and pg_rewind (bsc#1265175).
- CVE-2026-6476: Properly quote subscription names in pg_createsubscriber (bsc#1265176).
- CVE-2026-6477: Mark PQfn() as unsafe, and avoid using it within libpq (bsc#1265177).
- CVE-2026-6478: Use timing-safe string comparisons in authentication code (bsc#1265178).
- CVE-2026-6479: Prevent unbounded recursion while processing startup packets (bsc#1265179).
- CVE-2026-6575: Detect faulty input when restoring attribute MCV statistics (bsc#1265180).
- CVE-2026-6637: Prevent SQL injection and buffer overruns in contrib/spi (bsc#1265181).
- CVE-2026-6638: Properly quote object names in logical replication origin checks (bsc#1265182).
Non security issue:
- Get rid of update-alternatives for openSUSE/SLE 16.0 and newer to support immutable systems and transactional updates (jsc#PED-14820).
- /usr/bin/pg_config is missing after migrating away from update-alternatives (bsc#1263804).
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.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1263804
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265172
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265173
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265174
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265175
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265176
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265177
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265178
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265179
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265180
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265181
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265182
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-May/046539.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6472
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6473
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6474
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6475
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6476
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6477
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6478
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6479
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6575
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 315255
File Name: suse_SU-2026-1944-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/19/2026
Updated: 5/19/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-2026-6638
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:suse_linux:postgresql18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-pltcl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-contrib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libecpg6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-llvmjit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-test, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-llvmjit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-plperl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-plpython, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postgresql18-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpq5
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: 5/18/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-6472, CVE-2026-6473, CVE-2026-6474, CVE-2026-6475, CVE-2026-6476, CVE-2026-6477, CVE-2026-6478, CVE-2026-6479, CVE-2026-6575, CVE-2026-6637, CVE-2026-6638
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1944-1