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openSUSE Leap: 2025:01886-1 important: perl-YAML-LibYAML DoS

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2025
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Updates addressing CVE-2025-40908 in perl-YAML-LibYAML, rated as critical. Ensure your systems are fortified with the most recent updates.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for perl-YAML-LibYAML fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-40908: YAML-LibYAML prior to 0.903.0 for Perl uses 2-args open,

allowing existing files to be modified (bsc#1243902)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue DoS important openSUSE perl-YAML-LibYAML

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 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1886=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-1886=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.890.0-150000.3.11.1

* perl-YAML-LibYAML-debugsource-0.890.0-150000.3.11.1

* perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo-0.890.0-150000.3.11.1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* perl-YAML-LibYAML-0.890.0-150000.3.11.1

* perl-YAML-LibYAML-debugsource-0.890.0-150000.3.11.1

* perl-YAML-LibYAML-debuginfo-0.890.0-150000.3.11.1

References

* bsc#1243902

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40908.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243902

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01886-1
Release Date: 2025-06-11T05:43:05Z
Affected Products: * Development Tools 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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security advisory security issue DoS important openSUSE perl-YAML-LibYAML

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