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openSUSE: 2025:02013-1 Critical Update for PAM Security Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An essential patch for Fedora resolves significant vulnerabilities in sudo; prompt action advised.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for pam fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-6018: pam_env: Change the default to not read the user

.pam_environment file (bsc#1243226).

* CVE-2025-6020: pam_namespace: convert functions that may operate on a user-

controlled path to operate on file descriptors instead of absolute path

(bsc#1244509).

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important authentication pam opensuse

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-15.6-2025-2013=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2013=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2013=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2013=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2013=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2013=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2013=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2013=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-2013=1

* Development...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* pam-debuginfo-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-extra-debuginfo-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-extra-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-debugsource-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-devel-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* pam-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-32bit-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-extra-32bit-debuginfo-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-devel-32bit-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-extra-32bit-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* pam-doc-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* pam-debuginfo-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-debugsource-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* pam-debuginfo-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-debugsource-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* pam-debuginfo-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

* pam-1.3.0-150000.6.83.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1243226

* bsc#1244509

## References:

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

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6020.html

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244509

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02013-1
Release Date: 2025-06-18T18:06:12Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Server 4.3

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