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SUSE: coreutils Moderate Buffer Under-Read Threat SUSE-SU-2025:02354-1

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Calendar Grey July 17, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Coreutils patch issued: moderate urgency, resolves a buffer under-read vulnerability that could result in potential information exposure.
* bsc#1219321 * bsc#1221632 * bsc#1243767 Cross-References:

Summary

## This update for coreutils fixes the following issues: Security fixes: * CVE-2025-5278: Fixed heap buffer under-read may lead to a crash or leak sensitive data (bsc#1243767) Other fixes: * ls: avoid triggering automounts (bsc#1221632) * tail: fix tailing sysfs files where PAGE_SIZE > BUFSIZ (bsc#1219321) ## 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-2025-2354=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-2354=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-2354=1

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security advisory moderate SuSE coreutils data leak buffer under-read

References

* bsc#1219321

* bsc#1221632

* bsc#1243767

Cross-

* CVE-2025-5278

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-5278 ( SUSE ): 2.4

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

* CVE-2025-5278 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-5278 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02354-1
Release Date: 2025-07-17T12:36:17Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate SuSE coreutils data leak buffer under-read

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