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SUSE: Coreutils Moderate Heap Buffer Under-read CVE-2025-5278 Advisory

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
CVE-2025-5280 in bash impacts Debian systems, creating potential security flaws demanding critical patches. Verify your installation.
* bsc#1243767 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-5278

Summary

## This update for coreutils fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-5278: Fixed heap buffer under-read may lead to a crash or leak sensitive data (bsc#1243767) ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2362=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2362=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2362=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-2362=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE coreutils information leakage heap buffer

References

* 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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02362-1
Release Date: 2025-07-18T09:08:22Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE coreutils information leakage heap buffer

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