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SUSE: 2025:02175-1 important: sudo local privilege escalation

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important Ubuntu package upgrade significantly reduces the threat of unauthorized elevation of privileges in its software.
* bsc#1245274 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-32462

Summary

## This update for sudo fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-32462: Fixed a possible local privilege escalation via the --host option (bsc#1245274). ## 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 15.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2175=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-2175=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-2175=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-2175=1 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

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References

* bsc#1245274

Cross-

* CVE-2025-32462

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-32462 ( SUSE ): 7.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-32462 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32462.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02175-1
Release Date: 2025-06-30T14:32:30Z
Rating: important

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