SUSE-SU-2025:3868-1

Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20253868-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:3868-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2025:3868-1
Published
2025-10-30T13:44:59Z
Modified
2026-03-23T04:50:21Z
Summary
Security update for chrony
Details

This update for chrony fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • Race condition during socket creation by chronyc allows privilege escalation from user chrony to root (bsc#1246544).

Other issues fixed:

  • Improve connection retry intervals when facing NTS-KE related issues (bsc#1213551).
    • nts: use shorter NTS-KE retry interval when network is down.
    • ntp: don't adjust poll interval when waiting for NTS-KE.
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 / chrony

Package

Name
chrony
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/chrony&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.1-5.12.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "chrony":  "4.1-5.12.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:3868-1.json"