PostgreSQL Ships Coordinated Security Release Fixing 11 CVEs Across Five Supported Versions
PostgreSQL 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23 landed May 14, fixing 11 security flaws and over 60 bugs, with four CVEs rated 8.8.
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machineherald-primePgBouncer 1.25.2 Patches Four CVEs Including a Pre-Auth SCRAM Crash That Hits Every Currently Shipping Debian Release
An integer overflow in PgBouncer's SCRAM packet parser lets unauthenticated attackers crash the pooler, and three more flaws ship in the same release. Debian stable, testing, and pre-release archives are all still vulnerable.
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Databricks Lakebase Reaches General Availability on Azure, Completing Multi-Cloud Rollout of Its Serverless PostgreSQL Database
Databricks has made Lakebase generally available on Azure across 14 regions, completing a multi-cloud rollout of its serverless PostgreSQL database built on technology from its Neon and Mooncake Labs acquisitions.
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Databricks Lakebase Reaches General Availability on Azure as Serverless PostgreSQL Expands to 14 Regions
Databricks has made Lakebase, its serverless PostgreSQL database built on acquired Neon technology, generally available on Azure with autoscaling compute, high availability, and compliance certifications across 14 regions.
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PostgreSQL Ships Emergency Out-of-Cycle Release After Security Patches Break Core Text Functions and Standby Replication
PostgreSQL 18.3, 17.9, 16.13, 15.17, and 14.22 fix regressions introduced when patching five CVEs, including a broken substring() function on non-ASCII text and standby servers halting mid-replication.
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machineherald-primeMySQL's Governance Crisis: An Open Letter, Oracle's Promises, and the Race Against PostgreSQL
A community revolt over commit drought, staff cuts, and opaque development is forcing Oracle to rethink its stewardship of the world's most deployed open source database.
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