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openSUSE Leap 15.3: Important Security Update for sudo Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Crucial patch released for Ubuntu enhances security protocols, reinforcing data protection and user permissions management.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for sudo fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-32462: Fixed a possible local privilege escalation via the --host

option (bsc#1245274).

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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 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2175=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-2175=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-2175=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-2175=1

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-2175=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-2175=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-2175=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-2175=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* sudo-plugin-python-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-test-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-plugin-python-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-devel-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64

x86_64)

* sudo-plugin-python-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-plugin-python-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-devel-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* sudo-plugin-python-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-plugin-python-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-debuginfo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-devel-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-debugsource-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* sudo-1.9.5p2-150300.3.36.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1245274

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32462.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245274

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02175-1
Release Date: 2025-06-30T14:32:30Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.3 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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