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openSUSE: Python3 Important Fixes DoS and File Access Issues 2025:02778-1

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Calendar Grey August 13, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A critical announcement for Python3 users on openSUSE resolves several security flaws, encompassing denial-of-service threats and unauthorized file access problems.
An update that solves eight vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for python3 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-4516: use-after-free in the unicode-escape decoder when using the

error handler (bsc#1243273).

* CVE-2024-12718: Fixed extraction filter bypass that allowed file metadata

modification outside extraction directory (bsc#1244056)

* CVE-2025-4138: Fixed issue that might allow symlink targets to point outside

the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata

(bsc#1244059)

* CVE-2025-4330: Fixed extraction filter bypass that allowed linking outside

extraction directory (bsc#1244060)

* CVE-2025-4435: Fixed Tarfile extracts filtered members when errorlevel=0

(bsc#1244061)

* CVE-2025-4517: Fixed arbitrary filesystem writes outside the extraction

directory during extraction with filter="data" (bsc#1244032)

* CVE-2025-6069: Fixed worst case quadratic complexity when processing certain

crafted malformed inputs with HTMLParser (bsc#1244705)

* CVE-2025-8194: Fixed...

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Topics Covered

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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-2025-2778=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2778=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2778=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2778=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2778=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2778=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2778=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2778=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2778=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* python3-dbm-debuginfo-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* python3-curses-debuginfo-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* python3-base-debuginfo-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-debuginfo-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* python3-testsuite-debuginfo-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-devel-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-curses-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* python3-doc-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-debugsource-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* python3-core-debugsource-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-testsuite-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-tools-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-base-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-doc-devhelp-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-devel-debuginfo-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-tk-debuginfo-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-3.6.15-150300.10.97.1

* python3-tk-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* python3-idle-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* python3-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* python3-dbm-3.6.15-150300.10.97.2

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

*...

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References

* bsc#1233012

* bsc#1243273

* bsc#1244032

* bsc#1244056

* bsc#1244059

* bsc#1244060

* bsc#1244061

* bsc#1244401

* bsc#1244705

* bsc#1247249

* bsc#831629

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12718.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4138.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4330.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4435.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4516.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4517.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6069.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8194.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233012

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243273

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244032

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244056

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244059

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244060

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244061

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244401

*...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02778-1
Release Date: 2025-08-13T06:47:26Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.3 * 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 5.2 * 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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