Security update for dpkg

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20562-1
Release Date: 2025-08-20T11:43:20Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-6297 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-6297 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-6297 ( NVD ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dpkg fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-6297: Fixed improper sanitization of directory permissions leading to DoS via disk quota exhaustion due to files left behind on cleanup (bsc#1245573)

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-6.0-424=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • update-alternatives-1.22.0-2.1
    • update-alternatives-debuginfo-1.22.0-2.1
    • update-alternatives-debugsource-1.22.0-2.1

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