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SUSE: Samba Critical Command Injection Memory Exposure Vuln 2025:03618-1

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Calendar Grey October 16, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical samba update for SUSE fixing command injection and memory disclosure vulnerabilities. Install immediately.
* bsc#1251279 * bsc#1251280 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-10230

Summary

## This update for samba fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-9640: Fixed uninitialized memory disclosure via vfs_streams_xattr (bsc#1251279). * CVE-2025-10230: Fixed command Injection in WINS server hook script (bsc#1251280). ## 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 Manager Server 4.3 LTS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-LTS-2025-3618=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3618=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3618=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3618=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical SuSE samba command injection memory disclosure

References

* bsc#1251279

* bsc#1251280

Cross-

* CVE-2025-10230

* CVE-2025-9640

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-10230 ( SUSE ): 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-9640 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2025-9640 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03618-1
Release Date: 2025-10-16T07:37:34Z
Rating: critical

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical SuSE samba command injection memory disclosure

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