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openSUSE Leap 15.6: 2025:0689-1 moderate: pam_pkcs11 bypass

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Calendar Grey February 24, 2025
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An update has resolved two security flaws in pam_pkcs11, enhancing the overall stability and security posture for users of openSUSE.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for pam_pkcs11 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-24032: default value for `cert_policy` (`none`) allows for

authentication bypass (bsc#1237062).

* CVE-2025-24031: uninitialized pointer dereference caused by user pressing

ctrl-c/ctrl-d when asked for PIN leads to crash (bsc#1237058).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate authentication system crash authentication bypass bypass 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-15.6-2025-689=1 SUSE-2025-689=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-689=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* pam_pkcs11-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* pam_pkcs11-debugsource-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* pam_pkcs11-32bit-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* pam_pkcs11-32bit-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* pam_pkcs11-devel-doc-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* pam_pkcs11-64bit-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* pam_pkcs11-64bit-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

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

* pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* pam_pkcs11-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* pam_pkcs11-debugsource-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)

* pam_pkcs11-32bit-debuginfo-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

* pam_pkcs11-32bit-0.6.10-150600.16.3.1

References

* bsc#1237058

* bsc#1237062

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24031.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24032.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237058

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237062

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0689-1
Release Date: 2025-02-24T12:57:20Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate authentication system crash authentication bypass bypass openSUSE pam_pkcs11

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