Security update for containerd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4072-1
Release Date: 2025-11-12T10:33:42Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-25621 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-25621 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-25621 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64329 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-64329 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64329 ( NVD ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for containerd fixes the following issues:

  • Update to containerd v1.7.29
  • CVE-2024-25621: Fixed an overly broad default permission vulnerability. (bsc#1253126)
  • CVE-2025-64329: Fixed a goroutine leaks which can lead to memory exhaustion on the host. (bsc#1253132)

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 Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-4072=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-4072=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • containerd-1.7.29-16.105.1
    • containerd-ctr-1.7.29-16.105.1
    • containerd-devel-1.7.29-16.105.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • containerd-1.7.29-16.105.1
    • containerd-ctr-1.7.29-16.105.1
    • containerd-devel-1.7.29-16.105.1

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