SUSE SLES15 Security Update : openssl-3 (SUSE-SU-2025:1516-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235636

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:1516-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-6119: Fixed denial of service in X.509 name checks (bsc#1229465)

Other fixes:

- FIPS: Deny SHA-1 signature verification in FIPS provider (bsc#1221365).
- FIPS: RSA keygen PCT requirements.
- FIPS: Check that the fips provider is available before setting it as the default provider in FIPS mode (bsc#1220523).
- FIPS: Port openssl to use jitterentropy (bsc#1220523).
- FIPS: Block non-Approved Elliptic Curves (bsc#1221786).
- FIPS: Service Level Indicator (bsc#1221365).
- FIPS: Output the FIPS-validation name and module version which uniquely identify the FIPS validated module (bsc#1221751).
- FIPS: Add required selftests: (bsc#1221760).
- FIPS: DH: Disable FIPS 186-4 Domain Parameters (bsc#1221821).
- FIPS: Recommendation for Password-Based Key Derivation (bsc#1221827).
- FIPS: Zero initialization required (bsc#1221752).
- FIPS: Reseed DRBG (bsc#1220690, bsc#1220693, bsc#1220696).
- FIPS: NIST SP 800-56Brev2 (bsc#1221824).
- FIPS: Approved Modulus Sizes for RSA Digital Signature for FIPS 186-4 (bsc#1221787).
- FIPS: Port openssl to use jitterentropy (bsc#1220523).
- FIPS: NIST SP 800-56Arev3 (bsc#1221822).
- FIPS: Error state has to be enforced (bsc#1221753).

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 libopenssl-3-fips-provider package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235636

File Name: suse_SU-2025-1516-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/9/2025

Updated: 5/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-3-fips-provider, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 5/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6119

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:1516-1

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