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openSUSE 15.6: SUSE-SU-2025:1143-1 important: google-guest-agent Bypass

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Calendar Grey April 4, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This critical patch for google-guest-agent resolves a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting openSUSE platforms.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for google-guest-agent fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2024-45337: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Fixed misuse of

ServerConfig.PublicKeyCallback leading to authorization bypass

(bsc#1234563).

Other fixes: \- Updated to version 20250327.01 (bsc#1239763, bsc#1239866) *

Remove error messages from gce_workload_cert_refresh and metadata script runner

(#527) \- from version 20250327.00 * Update guest-logging-go dependency (#526) *

Add 'created-by' metadata, and pass it as option to logging library (#508) *

Revert "oslogin: Correctly handle newlines at the end of modified files (#520)"

(#523) * Re-enable disabled services if the core plugin was enabled (#522) *

Enable guest services on package upgrade (#519) * oslogin: Correctly handle

newlines at the end of modified files (#520) * Fix core plugin path (#518) * Fix

package build issues (#517) * Fix dependencies ran go mod tidy -v (#515) * Fix

debian build path (#514) * Bundle compat metadata script runner binary in

packag...

Read the Full Advisory

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:

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP5-2025-1143=1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP6-2025-1143=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1143=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-1143=1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP3-2025-1143=1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP4-2025-1143=1

Package List

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* google-guest-agent-20250327.01-150000.1.60.1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* google-guest-agent-20250327.01-150000.1.60.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* google-guest-agent-20250327.01-150000.1.60.1

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

* google-guest-agent-20250327.01-150000.1.60.1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* google-guest-agent-20250327.01-150000.1.60.1

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* google-guest-agent-20250327.01-150000.1.60.1

References

* bsc#1234563

* bsc#1239763

* bsc#1239866

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45337.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234563

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239763

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239866

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1143-1
Release Date: 2025-04-04T13:31:36Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * Public Cloud Module 15-SP3 * Public Cloud Module 15-SP4 * Public Cloud Module 15-SP5 * Public Cloud Module 15-SP6 * 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 Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * 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 Manager Proxy 4.2 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Server 4.2 * SUSE Manager Server 4.3

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