SUSE SLES12 Security Update : apache2 (SUSE-SU-2025:02565-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 243268

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02565-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-42516: Fixed HTTP response splitting. (bsc#1246477)
- CVE-2024-43204: Fixed a SSRF when mod_proxy is loaded that allows an attacker to send outbound proxy requests to a URL controlled by them. (bsc#1246305)
- CVE-2024-47252: Fixed insufficient escaping of user-supplied data in mod_ssl allows an untrusted SSL/TLS client to insert escape characters into log file. (bsc#1246303)
- CVE-2025-23048: Fixed access control bypass by trusted clients through TLS 1.3 session resumption in some mod_ssl configurations. (bsc#1246302)
- CVE-2025-49630: Fixed denial of service can be triggered by untrusted clients causing an assertion in mod_proxy_http2. (bsc#1246307)
- CVE-2025-49812: Fixed Opossum Attack Application Layer Desynchronization using Opportunistic TLS.
(bsc#1246169)
- CVE-2025-53020: Fixed HTTP/2 denial of service due to late release of memory after effective lifetime.
(bsc#1246306)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 243268

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02565-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2025

Updated: 8/1/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23048

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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:apache2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-prefork, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-tls13-prefork, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-tls13-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-tls13-worker, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-tls13-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-tls13-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-tls13-example-pages, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-example-pages, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-worker, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-tls13

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: 7/31/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-42516, CVE-2024-43204, CVE-2024-47252, CVE-2025-23048, CVE-2025-49630, CVE-2025-49812, CVE-2025-53020

IAVA: 2025-A-0508-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02565-1

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