Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-8715: Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands inside a purpose-crafted object name. The same attacks can achieve SQL injection as a superuser of the restore target server. pg_dumpall, pg_restore, and pg_upgrade are also affected. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. Versions before 11.20 are unaffected. CVE-2012-0868 had fixed this class of problem, but version 11.20 reintroduced it. CVE-2025-8714: Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands. pg_dumpall is also affected. pg_restore is affected when used to generate a plain-format dump. This is similar to MySQL CVE-2024-21096. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected. CVE-2025-8713: PostgreSQL optimizer statistics allow a user to read sampled data within a view that the user cannot access. Separately, statistics allow a user to read sampled data that a row security policy intended to hide. PostgreSQL maintains statistics for tables by sampling data available in columns; this data is consulted during the query planning process. Prior to this release, a user could craft a leaky operator that bypassed view access control lists (ACLs) and bypassed row security policies in partitioning or table inheritance hierarchies. Reachable statistics data notably included histograms and most-common-values lists. CVE-2017-7484 and CVE-2019-10130 intended to close this class of vulnerability, but this gap remained. Versions before PostgreSQL 17.6, 16.10, 15.14, 14.19, and 13.22 are affected.
Fixed packages 30
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
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| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17 | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-contrib | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-contrib-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-debugsource | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-docs | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-docs-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-llvmjit | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-llvmjit-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-plperl | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-plperl-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-plpython3 | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-plpython3-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-pltcl | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-pltcl-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-private-devel | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-private-libs | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-private-libs-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-server | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-server-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-server-devel | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-server-devel-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-static | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-test | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-test-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-test-rpm-macros | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-upgrade | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-upgrade-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-upgrade-devel | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | postgresql17-upgrade-devel-debuginfo | 0:17.6-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 8.8CVE-2025-8714 Public exploit
PostgreSQL pg_dump lets superuser of origin server execute arbitrary code in psql client
Untrusted data inclusion in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a malicious superuser of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands. pg_dumpall…
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High 8.8
PostgreSQL pg_dump newline in object name executes arbitrary code in psql client and in restore target server
Improper neutralization of newlines in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows a user of the origin server to inject arbitrary code for restore-time execution as the client operating system account running psql to restore the dump, via psql meta-commands inside a purpos…
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Low 3.1
PostgreSQL optimizer statistics can expose sampled data within a view, partition, or child table
PostgreSQL optimizer statistics allow a user to read sampled data within a view that the user cannot access. Separately, statistics allow a user to read sampled data that a row security policy intended to hide. PostgreSQL maintains statistics for tables by sa…