SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-cryptography (SUSE-SU-2025:01818-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 237887

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01818-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-3416: openssl: use-after-free in `Md::fetch` and `Cipher::fetch` when `Some(...)` value passed as `properties` argument to either function (bsc#1242631).

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 python311-cryptography package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1242631

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-June/040156.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3416

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 237887

File Name: suse_SU-2025-01818-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2025

Updated: 6/6/2025

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: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-3416

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-cryptography, 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: 6/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-3416

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:01818-1