ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2025-011


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2POSTGRESQL13-2025-011
Advisory Released Date: 2025-05-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-05-29
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 - Postgresql13 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and 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-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-private-libs-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-private-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-server-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-docs-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-contrib-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-server-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-static-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-upgrade-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-upgrade-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-plperl-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-plpython3-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-pltcl-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-test-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-llvmjit-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    postgresql-debuginfo-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

i686:
    postgresql-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-private-libs-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-private-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-server-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-docs-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-contrib-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-server-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-static-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-upgrade-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-upgrade-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-plperl-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-plpython3-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-pltcl-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-test-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-llvmjit-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    postgresql-debuginfo-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.i686

noarch:
    postgresql-test-rpm-macros-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch

src:
    postgresql-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    postgresql-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-private-libs-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-private-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-server-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-docs-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-contrib-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-server-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-static-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-upgrade-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-upgrade-devel-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-plperl-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-plpython3-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-pltcl-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-test-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-llvmjit-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    postgresql-debuginfo-13.21-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64