Security update for krb5

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20303-1
Release Date: 2025-05-08T12:24:20Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-24528 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-24528 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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 one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for krb5 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-24528: Prevent overflow when calculating ulog block size. An authenticated attacker can cause kadmind to write beyond the end of the mapped region for the iprop log file, likely causing a process crash; ((bsc#1236619).

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-6.1-94=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • krb5-debugsource-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • krb5-debuginfo-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • krb5-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_2.1

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