CVE-2025-8715

Publication date 14 August 2025

Last updated 15 September 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
postgresql-17 25.10 questing
Fixed 17.6-1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 17.6-0ubuntu0.25.04.1
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
postgresql-16 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 16.10-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
postgresql-14 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 14.19-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
postgresql-12 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
postgresql-10 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
postgresql-9.5 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
postgresql-9.3 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable, fix deferred

Notes

leosilva

PostgreSQL 9.3 is end of life upstream, and no updates are are available. Marking as deferred in -esm-main releases.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7741-1
    • PostgreSQL vulnerabilities
    • 8 September 2025

Other references