SUSE SLES12 Security Update : apache2-mod_security2 (SUSE-SU-2025:02052-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 240613

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-2025:02052-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-47947: Fixed denial of service through sanitiseMatchedBytes (bsc#1243978).
- CVE-2025-48866: Fixed denial of service via excessive number of arguments in sanitiseArg (bsc#1243976).

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 apache2-mod_security2 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240613

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02052-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/26/2025

Updated: 6/26/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48866

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-mod_security2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47947, CVE-2025-48866

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02052-1

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