Security update for pam

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20441-1
Release Date: 2025-06-19T08:45:49Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-6020 ( 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.

Description:

This update for pam fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-6020: pam_namespace: convert functions that may operate on a user-controlled path to operate on file descriptors instead of absolute path. And keep the bind-mount protection from protect_mount() as a defense in depthmeasure. (bsc#1244509)

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-6.1-151=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • pam-debugsource-1.6.1-slfo.1.1_3.1
    • pam-1.6.1-slfo.1.1_3.1
    • pam-debuginfo-1.6.1-slfo.1.1_3.1

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