SUSE SLES12 Security Update : gnuplot (SUSE-SU-2025:01805-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 237777

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01805-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-31178: unvalidated user input leads to segmentation fault on GetAnnotateString (bsc#1240327).
- CVE-2025-31179: improper verification of time values leads to segmentation fault on xstrftime (bsc#1240328).
- CVE-2025-31181: double fclose() call leads to segmentation fault on X11_graphics (bsc#1240330).
- CVE-2025-3359: out-of-bounds read when parsing font names may lead to a segmentation fault (bsc#1241684).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected gnuplot package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 237777

File Name: suse_SU-2025-01805-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/5/2025

Updated: 6/5/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-3359

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnuplot

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: 6/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31178, CVE-2025-31179, CVE-2025-31181, CVE-2025-3359

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:01805-1

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