Security update for pam-config

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02080-1
Release Date: 2025-06-24T10:26:31Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-6018 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-6018 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for pam-config fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-6018: Stop adding pam_env in AUTH stack, and be sure to put this module at the really end of the SESSION stack (bsc#1243226).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2080=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2080=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2080=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2080=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • pam-config-1.1-150600.16.8.1
    • pam-config-debugsource-1.1-150600.16.8.1
    • pam-config-debuginfo-1.1-150600.16.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • pam-config-1.1-150600.16.8.1
    • pam-config-debugsource-1.1-150600.16.8.1
    • pam-config-debuginfo-1.1-150600.16.8.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • pam-config-1.1-150600.16.8.1
    • pam-config-debugsource-1.1-150600.16.8.1
    • pam-config-debuginfo-1.1-150600.16.8.1

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