Security update for pam-config

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20533-1
Release Date: 2025-07-28T14:36:18Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-6018 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-6018 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-6018 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for pam-config fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-6018: Stop adding pam_env in AUTH stack, and be sure to put this module at the really end of the SESSION stack. (bsc#1243226)

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-6.1-192=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • pam-config-2.11+git.20240906-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • pam-config-debugsource-2.11+git.20240906-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • pam-config-debuginfo-2.11+git.20240906-slfo.1.1_2.1

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