<div class="container">
<h1>Security update for perl</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:02027-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-06-19T15:16:16Z</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=1244079">bsc#1244079</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-2025-40909.html">CVE-2025-40909</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-2025-40909</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-40909</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Development Tools Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Development Tools Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</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 Micro 5.1</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</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 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for perl fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-40909: Do not change the current directory when cloning an open directory handle (bsc#1244079).</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">
Basesystem Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Development Tools Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Development Tools Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2027=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>perl-doc-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>perl-doc-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>perl-doc-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64_ilp32)
<ul>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-64bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-64bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-64bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-64bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-64bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-64bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-32bit-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-32bit-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-core-DB_File-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>perl-doc-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-base-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-base-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debugsource-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-debuginfo-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
<li>perl-5.26.1-150300.17.20.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40909.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40909.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244079">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244079</a>
</li>
</ul>
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