SB2025062805 - SUSE update for python3
Published: June 28, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025062805
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4516)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when using the bytes.decode("unicode_escape", error="ignore|replace") function call. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.