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SUSE: 2025:20456-1 moderate: perl file operation race condition

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Calendar Grey July 4, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
This patch resolves a significant flaw in perl impacting SUSE platforms, ensuring reliable file operations without risk.
* bsc#1244079 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-40909

Summary

## This update for perl fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-40909: Fixed a working directory race condition causing file operations to target unintended paths (bsc#1244079) ## 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 Micro 6.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-372=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * perl-debuginfo-5.38.2-4.1 * perl-base-5.38.2-4.1 * perl-5.38.2-4.1 * perl-base-debuginfo-5.38.2-4.1 * perl-debugsource-5.38.2-4.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE race condition perl file operation

References

* bsc#1244079

Cross-

* CVE-2025-40909

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-40909 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2025-40909 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40909.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244079

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20456-1
Release Date: 2025-07-01T11:42:13Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate SuSE race condition perl file operation

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