USN-7908-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

USN-7908-1: PostgreSQL vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Wed, 12/03/2025 - 16:51
Jelte Fennema-Nio discovered that the PostgreSQL CREATE STATISTICS command did not correctly check for schema CREATE privileges. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to create a denial of service against other CREATE STATISTICS users. (CVE-2025-12817) Aleksey Solovev discovered that the PostgreSQL libpq client library incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libpq to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-12818)

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