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SUSE: Aide Moderate Control Char Null Pointer CVE-2025-54389 2025:20657-1

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important security patch for aide in SUSE Linux Micro fixes control character vulnerabilities and a Null pointer dereference issue.
* bsc#1247884 * bsc#1247885 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-54389

Summary

## This update for aide fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-54389: Escape control characters in report and log output (bsc#1247884). * CVE-2025-54409: Fix null pointer dereference after reading incorrectly encoded xattr attributes from database (bsc#1247885). ## 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-6.0-449=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * aide-debuginfo-0.18.6-2.1 * aide-debugsource-0.18.6-2.1 * aide-0.18.6-2.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate aide SuSE malware null pointer

References

* bsc#1247884

* bsc#1247885

Cross-

* CVE-2025-54389

* CVE-2025-54409

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-54389 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2025-54389 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-54389 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-54389 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-54409 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-54409 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54389.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54409.html

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20657-1
Release Date: 2025-09-05T12:55:51Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate aide SuSE malware null pointer

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