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openSUSE: expat Important Memory Amplification Issue Advisory 2025:03624-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey October 17, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical expat update for openSUSE addresses important memory amplification threat; patch available.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for expat fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-59375: memory amplification vulnerability allows attackers to

trigger excessive dynamic memory allocations by submitting crafted XML input

(bsc#1249584).

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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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-3624=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3624=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3624=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3624=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-3624=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-3624=1

* SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

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

x86_64)

* expat-debugsource-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* expat-debuginfo-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* expat-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* libexpat1-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* libexpat1-debuginfo-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* libexpat-devel-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (x86_64)

* libexpat1-32bit-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* expat-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

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

x86_64)

* expat-debugsource-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* expat-debuginfo-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* expat-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* libexpat1-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* libexpat1-debuginfo-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* libexpat-devel-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (x86_64)

* libexpat1-32bit-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* expat-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo-2.7.1-150400.3.31.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise...

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References

* bsc#1249584

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59375.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249584

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03624-1
Release Date: 2025-10-16T19:59:58Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * 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 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * 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 for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS * SUSE Manager Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS

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