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<h1>Security update for python-pycares</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:03354-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-09-25T13:30:03Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244691">bsc#1244691</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13442">jsc#PED-13442</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13443">jsc#PED-13443</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48945.html">CVE-2025-48945</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-48945</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-48945</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-48945</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Python 3 Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Python 3 Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves one vulnerability and contains two features can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for python-pycares fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Update to version 4.10.0 (jsc#PED-13442): </p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-48945: Fixed use-after-free vulnerability may have led to a crash (bsc#1244691).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Python 3 Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP6-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Python 3 Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP7-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-3354=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Python 3 Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Python 3 Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-pycares-debugsource-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
<li>python311-pycares-debuginfo-4.10.0-150400.9.8.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48945.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48945.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244691">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244691</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13442">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13442</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13443">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13443</a>
</li>
</ul>
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