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openSUSE 15.6: 2025:02003-1 important: gdm auth vulnerability

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential patch for gdm on openSUSE released, impacting several versions, tackling a major security flaw.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for gdm fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-6018: Removes pam_env from auth stack for security reason

(bsc#1243226).

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-2025-2003=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2003=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP6-2025-2003=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libgdm1-debuginfo-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-devel-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-debuginfo-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* typelib-1_0-Gdm-1_0-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* libgdm1-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-debugsource-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* gdm-systemd-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-lang-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-branding-upstream-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdmflexiserver-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-schema-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libgdm1-debuginfo-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-devel-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-debuginfo-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* typelib-1_0-Gdm-1_0-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* libgdm1-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-debugsource-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP6 (noarch)

* gdm-schema-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-systemd-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdmflexiserver-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

* gdm-lang-45.0.1-150600.6.8.1

References

* bsc#1243226

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02003-1
Release Date: 2025-06-18T11:21:56Z
Affected Products: * Desktop Applications 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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