Security update for polkit

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20559-1
Release Date: 2025-08-20T11:34:30Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-7519 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-7519 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-7519 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for polkit fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-7519: Fixed that a XML policy file with a large number of nested elements may lead to out-of-bounds write (bsc#1246472)

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 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-425=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • polkit-debugsource-121-3.1
    • libpolkit-agent-1-0-121-3.1
    • libpolkit-gobject-1-0-debuginfo-121-3.1
    • polkit-121-3.1
    • polkit-debuginfo-121-3.1
    • libpolkit-gobject-1-0-121-3.1
    • libpolkit-agent-1-0-debuginfo-121-3.1

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