SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.5.0-1.1 Logrotate Configuration reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Logrotate Configuration Handler. The manipulation leads to reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-53882. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SUSE openSUSE Tumbleweed. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Logrotate Configuration Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-807. The product uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of an input, but the input can be modified by an untrusted actor in a way that bypasses the protection mechanism. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision vulnerability in the logrotate configuration for openSUSEs mailman3 package allows potential escalation from mailman to rootThis issue affects openSUSE Tumbleweed: from ? before 3.3.10-2.1.

The weakness was released by Matthias Gerstner. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.suse.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53882 since 07/11/2025. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/31/2025).

Upgrading to version 3.3.10-2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22438). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision
CWE: CWE-807 / CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.3.10-2.1

Timelineinfo

07/11/2025 CVE reserved
07/23/2025 +12 days Advisory disclosed
07/23/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/31/2025 +8 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: suse.com

Advisory: bugzilla.suse.com
Researcher: Matthias Gerstner
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-53882 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53882
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-317411
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2025 15:28
Updated: 07/31/2025 14:26
Changes: 07/23/2025 15:28 (55), 07/23/2025 16:43 (1), 07/31/2025 14:26 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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