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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2025:03461-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 269697
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-2025:03461-1 advisory.- CVE-2025-48708: Fixed password disclosure due to lacks of argument sanitization (bsc#1243701)
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 ghostscript, ghostscript-devel and / or ghostscript-x11 packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243701
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-October/042004.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 269697
File Name: suse_SU-2025-03461-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/8/2025
Updated: 10/8/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 1.7
Temporal Score: 1.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48708
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript-devel, 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: 10/7/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-48708
IAVB: 2025-B-0043
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03461-1