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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2025:03198-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 264667

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03198-1 advisory.

 Update to version 8.14.1 (jsc#PED-13055, jsc#PED-13056).

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2025-0665: eventfd double close can cause libcurl to act unreliably (bsc#1236589).
 - CVE-2025-4947: QUIC certificate check is skipped with wolfSSL allows for MITM attacks (bsc#1243397).
 - CVE-2025-5025: no QUIC certificate pinning with wolfSSL can lead to connections to impostor servers that are not easily noticed (bsc#1243706).
 - CVE-2025-5399: bug in websocket code can cause libcurl to get trapped in an endless busy-loop when processing specially crafted packets (bsc#1243933).
 - CVE-2024-6874: punycode conversions to/from IDN can leak stack content when libcurl is built to use the macidn IDN backend (bsc#1228260).
 - CVE-2025-9086: bug in patch comparison logic when processing cookies can lead to out-of-bounds read in heap buffer (bsc#1249191).
 - CVE-2025-10148: predictable websocket mask can lead to proxy cache poisoning by malicious server (bsc#1249348).

 Other issues fixed:

 - Fix wrong return code when --retry is used (bsc#1249367).
 * tool_operate: fix return code when --retry is used but not triggered [b42776b]

 - Fix the --ftp-pasv option in curl v8.14.1 (bsc#1246197).
 * tool_getparam: fix --ftp-pasv [5f805ee]

 - Fixed with version 8.14.1:
 * TLS: add CURLOPT_SSL_SIGNATURE_ALGORITHMS and --sigalgs.
 * websocket: add option to disable auto-pong reply.
 * huge number of bugfixes.

 Please see https://curl.se/ch/ for full changelogs.

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228260

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1236589

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243397

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243706

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243933

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1246197

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249191

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249348

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249367

http://www.nessus.org/u?3f0a5eee

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6874

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0665

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-10148

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4947

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5025

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5399

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9086

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 264667

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03198-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2025

Updated: 9/13/2025

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 9/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6874, CVE-2025-0665, CVE-2025-10148, CVE-2025-4947, CVE-2025-5025, CVE-2025-5399, CVE-2025-9086

IAVA: 2024-A-0446-S, 2025-A-0085-S, 2025-A-0379-S, 2025-A-0398-S, 2025-A-0657

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03198-1