Security update for glibc

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:01702-2
Release Date: 2025-06-04T07:33:14Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-4802 ( SUSE ): 9.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
  • CVE-2025-4802 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-4802 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-4802: possible execution of attacker controlled code when statically linked setuid binaries using dlopen search for libraries to load in LD_LIBRARY_PATH (bsc#1243317).

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:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2025-1702=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-1702=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-debugsource-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-utils-src-debugsource-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-devel-static-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-utils-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-utils-2.38-150600.14.32.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • glibc-32bit-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-devel-32bit-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • glibc-profile-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-debugsource-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-locale-base-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-locale-base-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-extra-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-extra-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • nscd-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-locale-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-devel-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-devel-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • nscd-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • libnsl1-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • libnsl1-2.38-150600.14.32.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • glibc-lang-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-i18ndata-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-info-2.38-150600.14.32.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • glibc-locale-base-32bit-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • libnsl1-32bit-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-locale-base-32bit-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • libnsl1-32bit-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-32bit-debuginfo-2.38-150600.14.32.1
    • glibc-32bit-2.38-150600.14.32.1

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