SUSE SLES15 Security Update : openssl-1_1-livepatches (SUSE-SU-2025:03523-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 270097

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03523-1 advisory.

- Add livepatch for CVE-2025-9230 (bsc#1250410).

- Use strong externalization for ssl3_setup_read_buffer and ssl3_release_read_buffer
- Use strong externalization for ossl_statem_fatal.

- Add livepatch for CVE-2024-4741 (bsc#1225552).

- Drop trigger rules for very old libpulp-tools package.

- Fix building process to include functions of older livepatches correctly (bsc#1224458)'.

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 openssl-1_1-livepatches package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 270097

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03523-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/11/2025

Updated: 10/11/2025

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: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9230

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_1-livepatches, 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: 10/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4741, CVE-2025-9230

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03523-1

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