Security update for aide

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20754-1
Release Date: 2025-09-22T11:54:49Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-54389 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-54389 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-54389 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-54389 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-54409 ( NVD ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-54409 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for aide fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-54389: Fixed improper output neutralization (bsc#1247884)
  • CVE-2025-54409: Fixed null pointer dereference after reading incorrectly encoded xattr attributes from database (bsc#1247885)

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 6.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-274=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • aide-debugsource-0.18.6-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • aide-0.18.6-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • aide-debuginfo-0.18.6-slfo.1.1_2.1

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