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openSUSE: sccache Moderate Memory Access Issue 2025:3944-1 CVE-2025-55159

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Calendar Grey November 5, 2025
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A moderate security advisory for openSUSE addressing sccache vulnerability CVE-2025-55159 with recommended updates.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for sccache fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-55159 - updated slab with the uninit memory access fix

(bsc#1248003)

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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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3944=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3944=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-3944=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2025-3944=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* sccache-debuginfo-0.4.2~4-150600.10.6.1

* sccache-0.4.2~4-150600.10.6.1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* sccache-debuginfo-0.4.2~4-150600.10.6.1

* sccache-0.4.2~4-150600.10.6.1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* sccache-debuginfo-0.4.2~4-150600.10.6.1

* sccache-0.4.2~4-150600.10.6.1

References

* bsc#1248003

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55159.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248003

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3944-1
Release Date: 2025-11-05T08:16:38Z
Affected Products: * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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