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SUSE: 2025:0789-2 high: systemd privilege escalation vulnerability

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Calendar Grey February 24, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Recent patches for pam_pkcs11 address a variety of vulnerabilities, such as authentication evasion and null pointer dereferencing.
* bsc#1237058 * bsc#1237062 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-24031

Summary

## This update for pam_pkcs11 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-24032: default value for `cert_policy` (`none`) allows for authentication bypass (bsc#1237062). * CVE-2025-24031: uninitialized pointer dereference caused by user pressing ctrl-c/ctrl-d when asked for PIN leads to crash (bsc#1237058). ## 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 Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-688=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64) * pam_pkcs11-debuginfo-32bit-0.6.8-7.8.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate authentication bypass SUSE Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise pam_pkcs11

References

* bsc#1237058

* bsc#1237062

Cross-

* CVE-2025-24031

* CVE-2025-24032

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-24031 ( SUSE ): 4.6

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

* CVE-2025-24031 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-24031 ( NVD ): 5.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2025-24032 ( SUSE ): 7.5

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

* CVE-2025-24032 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

* CVE-2025-24032 ( NVD ): 9.2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0688-1
Release Date: 2025-02-24T12:55:41Z
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate authentication bypass SUSE Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise pam_pkcs11

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