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SUSE SLES15: openssh / openssh-askpass-gnome / openssh-clients / openssh-common / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:1576-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 237081

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1576-1 advisory.

 - Security issues fixed:

 * CVE-2025-32728: Fixed a logic error in DisableForwarding option (bsc#1241012)

 - Other bugs fixed:

 * Allow KEX hashes greater than 256 bits (bsc#1241045)
 * Fixed hostname being left out of the audit output (bsc#1228634)
 * Fixed failures with very large MOTDs (bsc#1232533)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228634

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1232533

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1241012

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1241045

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-May/039241.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-32728

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 237081

File Name: suse_SU-2025-1576-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2025

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32728

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-helpers, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-fips, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh-askpass-gnome, 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: 5/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32728

IAVA: 2025-A-0258-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:1576-1