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Fedora 42: freeipa Important Host Escalation Fix CVE-2025-7493

CVE-2025-7493: host to admin escalation prevention: https://www.freeipa.org/release-notes/4-12-5.html Update FreeIPA to latest fixes from ipa-4-12 branch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2025-e41ba62ff1 2025-10-03 00:52:22.552541+00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : freeipa Product : Fedora 42 Version : 4.12.5 Release : 2.fc42 URL : http://www.freeipa.org/ Summary : The Identity, Policy and Audit system Description : IPA is an integrated solution to provide centrally managed Identity (users, hosts, services), Authentication (SSO, 2FA), and Authorization (host access control, SELinux user roles, services). The solution provides features for further integration with Linux based clients (SUDO, automount) and integration with Active Directory based infrastructures (Trusts). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: CVE-2025-7493: host to admin escalation prevention: https://www.freeipa.org/release-notes/4-12-5.html Update FreeIPA to latest fixes from ipa-4-12 branch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Tue Sep 30 2025 Alexander Bokovoy - 4.12.5-2 - Update minor version metadata to alow IPA data upgrade * Tue Sep 30 2025 Alexander Bokovoy - 4.12.5-1 - CVE-2025-7493: host to admin escalation prevention * Tue Sep 23 2025 Alexander Bokovoy - 4.12.2-15 - Update fixes from ipa-4-12 branch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-e41ba62ff1' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label All packages are signed with the FedoraProject GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/keys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue . Update FreeIPA on Fedora 42 fixes CVE-2025-7493 for host to admin escalation prevention issues.. FreeIPA update,Fedora security,escalation prevention,CVE-2025-7493. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Oct 03, 2025 •Important Fedora