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New Linux Flaws Allow Password Hash Theft via Core Dumps in Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-4598 | systemd-coredump: This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to access the original's… | 4.7 | 1% | PoC ×2 | |
| CVE-2025-5054 | Race condition in Canonical apport up to and including 2.32.0 allows a local attacker to leak sensitive information via PID-reuse by leveraging namespaces | 4.7 | <1% | PoC |
From the original article
3 min read at thehackernews.com
Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump , the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU). Tracked as CVE-2025-5054 and CVE-2025-4598 , both vulnerabilities are race condition bugs that could enable a local attacker to obtain access to access sensitive information.
By @TheHackersNews · thehackernews.com
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