Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting libsamba-policy-python3-devel package, versions <4.15.13+git.736.b791be993ba-150300.3.96.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-LIBSAMBAPOLICYPYTHON3DEVEL-13644779
  • published21 Oct 2025
  • disclosed20 Oct 2025

Introduced: 20 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-9640  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libsamba-policy-python3-devel to version 4.15.13+git.736.b791be993ba-150300.3.96.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsamba-policy-python3-devel package and not the libsamba-policy-python3-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Samba, in the vfs_streams_xattr module, where uninitialized heap memory could be written into alternate data streams. This allows an authenticated user to read residual memory content that may include sensitive data, resulting in an information disclosure vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1