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openSUSE 15.6: 2025:02026-1 important: pam_pkcs11 security risk

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 19, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical patch released for pam_pkcs11 on openSUSE. Addresses significant vulnerability associated with CVE-2025-6019 along with detailed installation instructions.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for pam_pkcs11 fixes the following issues:

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

(bsc#1243226).

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important authentication openSUSE pam_pkcs11

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-15.6-2025-2026=1 SUSE-2025-2026=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2026=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2026=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-debugsource-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* pam_pkcs11-32bit-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-32bit-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* pam_pkcs11-devel-doc-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* pam_pkcs11-64bit-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-64bit-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-debugsource-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)

* pam_pkcs11-32bit-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-32bit-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-debugsource-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* pam_pkcs11-0.6.10-150600.16.8.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1243226

## References:

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

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

Severity
important
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02026-1
Release Date: 2025-06-19T13:31:08Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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