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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : cifs-utils (SUSE-SU-2025:1381-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 234921

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1381-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-2312: Fixed cifs.upcall making an upcall to the wrong namespace in containerized environments while trying to get Kerberos credentials (bsc#1239680)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected cifs-utils, cifs-utils-devel and / or pam_cifscreds packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1239680

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-April/039091.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2312

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 234921

File Name: suse_SU-2025-1381-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2025

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2312

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cifs-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cifs-utils-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-2312

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:1381-1