openSUSE Leap 15.6: An urgent fix for pam_u2f authentication flaw
opensuse
January 17, 2025
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.
Description
This update for pam_u2f fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2025-23013: Fixed problematic PAM_IGNORE return values in
`pam_sm_authenticate()` (bsc#1233517)
Patch
## Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-167=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-167=1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-167=1
Package List
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* pam_u2f-debugsource-1.2.0-150600.10.5.1
* pam_u2f-1.2.0-150600.10.5.1
* pam_u2f-debuginfo-1.2.0-150600.10.5.1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* pam_u2f-debugsource-1.2.0-150600.10.5.1
* pam_u2f-1.2.0-150600.10.5.1
* pam_u2f-debuginfo-1.2.0-150600.10.5.1
References
* bsc#1233517
* bsc#1235961
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23013.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233517
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235961
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0167-1
Release Date: 2025-01-17T16:09:57Z
Affected Products:
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
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