SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2025:03267-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 265417

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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 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03267-1 advisory.

Security issues fixed:

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

- Update to version 8.14.1 (jsc#PED-13055, jsc#PED-13056).
* 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 curl, libcurl-devel, libcurl4 and / or libcurl4-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 265417

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03267-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/19/2025

Updated: 9/19/2025

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-10148

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 9/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-10148, CVE-2025-9086

IAVA: 2025-A-0657

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03267-1

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