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openSUSE 15.5 important: sudo local privilege escalation fix

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The recent update for the sudo package tackles a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting openSUSE 15.5 and various other SUSE distributions.
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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2179=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2179=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-2179=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2179=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2179=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-2179=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* sudo-debugsource-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-devel-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-plugin-python-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-test-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-plugin-python-debuginfo-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-debuginfo-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* sudo-debugsource-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-debuginfo-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64

x86_64)

* sudo-debugsource-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-devel-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-plugin-python-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-plugin-python-debuginfo-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-debuginfo-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64

x86_64)

* sudo-debugsource-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

* sudo-devel-1.9.12p1-150500.7.13.1

*...

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-2025:02179-1
Release Date: 2025-06-30T17:54:12Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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