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openSUSE 15.4: 2025:1579-1 moderate: brltty security fix

opensuse
Calendar Grey May 19, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
SUSE has released a vital security patch for brltty that rectifies vulnerabilities related to unauthorized file access. Important measures for implementation are outlined.
An update that has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for brltty fixes the following issues:

* Avoid having brlapi.key temporarily world-readable during creation

(bsc#1235438).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security fix openSUSE brltty patch instructions

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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1579=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-1579=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-1579=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-1579=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-1579=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* brltty-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-espeak-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-at-spi2-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-utils-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-speech-dispatcher-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-libbraille-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-xwindow-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-brlapi-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-debugsource-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* python3-brlapi-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* ocaml-brlapi-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-brlapi-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-utils-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-at-spi2-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* xbrlapi-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* libbrlapi0_8-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* python3-brlapi-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-espeak-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brlapi-devel-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brltty-driver-libbraille-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* tcl-brlapi-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

* brlapi-java-debuginfo-6.4-150400.4.8.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1235438

## References:

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1235438

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1579-1
Release Date: 2025-05-19T12:40:43Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security fix openSUSE brltty patch instructions

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