Security update for coreutils

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02353-1
Release Date: 2025-07-17T12:35:51Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-5278 ( SUSE ): 2.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-5278 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-5278 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for coreutils fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-5278: Fixed heap buffer under-read may lead to a crash or leak sensitive data (bsc#1243767)

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 Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-2353=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-2353=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • coreutils-8.25-13.19.1
    • coreutils-debuginfo-8.25-13.19.1
    • coreutils-debugsource-8.25-13.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
    • coreutils-lang-8.25-13.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • coreutils-8.25-13.19.1
    • coreutils-debuginfo-8.25-13.19.1
    • coreutils-debugsource-8.25-13.19.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch)
    • coreutils-lang-8.25-13.19.1

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