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SUSE: pam-config Important Security Update for CVE-2025-6018

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Calendar Grey August 5, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE pam-config has been updated to fix the CVE-2025-6018 security vulnerability that could let unauthorized users gain elevated privileges. Update now.
* bsc#1243226 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-6018

Summary

## This update for pam-config fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-6018: Stop adding pam_env in AUTH stack, and be sure to put this module at the really end of the SESSION stack. (bsc#1243226) ## 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 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-192=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * pam-config-2.11+git.20240906-slfo.1.1_2.1 * pam-config-debugsource-2.11+git.20240906-slfo.1.1_2.1 * pam-config-debuginfo-2.11+git.20240906-slfo.1.1_2.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE important authentication disruption pam-config

References

* bsc#1243226

Cross-

* CVE-2025-6018

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-6018 ( SUSE ): 8.6

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

* CVE-2025-6018 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-6018 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20533-1
Release Date: 2025-07-28T14:36:18Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE important authentication disruption pam-config

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