ALAS2-2025-2902


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2902
Advisory Released Date: 2025-06-24
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-06-24
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Buffer over-read in PostgreSQL GB18030 encoding validation allows a database input provider to achieve temporary denial of service on platforms where a 1-byte over-read can elicit process termination. This affects the database server and also libpq. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18, and 13.21 are affected. (CVE-2025-4207)


Affected Packages:

postgresql


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update postgresql to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    postgresql-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-libs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-server-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-docs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-devel-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-static-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-test-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64
    postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.aarch64

i686:
    postgresql-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-libs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-server-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-docs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-devel-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-static-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-test-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686
    postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.i686

src:
    postgresql-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.src

x86_64:
    postgresql-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-libs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-server-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-docs-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-contrib-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-devel-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-static-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-upgrade-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-plperl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-plpython-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-pltcl-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-test-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64
    postgresql-debuginfo-9.2.24-8.amzn2.0.7.x86_64