SUSE SLES12 Security Update : polkit (SUSE-SU-2025:02525-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:02525-1 advisory. - CVE-2025-7519: Fixed a XML policy file with a large number of nested elements that may lead to out-of- bounds write. bsc1246472 Tenable has extracte...

CVE-2025-7519 Polkit: xml policy file with a large number of nested elements may lead to out-of-bounds write

A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account i...