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SUSE: 2025:02675-1 systemd Moderate Local Attack CVE-2025-4598

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Calendar Grey August 4, 2025
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A new patch for systemd resolves CVE-2025-4598, correcting a timing flaw that permitted unauthorized users to disrupt software functionality.
* bsc#1243935 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-4598

Summary

## This update for systemd fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-4598: Fixed race condition that allows a local attacker to crash a SUID program and gain read access to the resulting core dump (bsc#1243935). ## 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 High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2675=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-2675=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2675=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate local attack OpenSUSE systemd core dump

References

* bsc#1243935

Cross-

* CVE-2025-4598

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-4598 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2025-4598 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* 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

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02675-1
Release Date: 2025-08-04T14:00:15Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate local attack OpenSUSE systemd core dump

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