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SUSE-RU-2025:20479-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2025-07-15 14:48 - Updated: 2026-09-15 08:49
Summary
Recommended update for pam_pkcs11
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: Recommended update for pam_pkcs11
Description of the patch: This update for pam_pkcs11 fixes the following issues: - Removes pam_env from auth stack for security reason [bsc#1243226]
Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-181
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2025-6018
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.1:pam_pkcs11-0.6.12-slfo.1.1_4.1.aarch64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.1:pam_pkcs11-0.6.12-slfo.1.1_4.1.ppc64le —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.1:pam_pkcs11-0.6.12-slfo.1.1_4.1.s390x —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Micro 6.1:pam_pkcs11-0.6.12-slfo.1.1_4.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
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