SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-urllib3 (SUSE-SU-2025:02735-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 246931

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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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02735-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-50181: Pool managers now properly control redirects when retries is passed. (bsc#1244925)

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-urllib3 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244925

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-August/041152.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-50181

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 246931

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02735-1.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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-50181

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-urllib3, 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: 8/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-50181

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02735-1