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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : dpkg (SUSE-SU-2025:02734-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 246927

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02734-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-6297: Fixed an improper sanitization of directory permissions that could lead to DoS.
 (bsc#1245573)

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 dpkg, dpkg-devel, dpkg-lang and / or update-alternatives packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1245573

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-August/041153.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6297

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 246927

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02734-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2025

Updated: 8/9/2025

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: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6297

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:update-alternatives, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpkg, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dpkg-devel

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: 8/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6297

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02734-1