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SUSE 15 SP6: 2025:1137-1 important: xz heap corruption fix

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Essential SUSE patch for xz addresses heap damage problem impacting various releases. Discover guidance here.
* bsc#1240414 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-31115

Summary

## This update for xz fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-31115: Fixed heap use after free and writing to an address based on the null pointer plus an offset (bsc#1240414) ## 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 15.6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1137=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1137=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1137=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64) * xz-devel-32bit-5.4.1-150600.3.3.1 * liblzma5-32bit-5.4.1-150600.3.3.1 * liblzma5-32bit-debuginfo-5.4.1-150600.3.3.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

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Topics Covered

security advisory heap corruption important suse openSUSE Leap xz

References

* bsc#1240414

Cross-

* CVE-2025-31115

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-31115 ( SUSE ): 8.8

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

* CVE-2025-31115 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-31115.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240414

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1137-1
Release Date: 2025-04-03T15:11:09Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory heap corruption important suse openSUSE Leap xz

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