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openSUSE 16 Security Update : expat (openSUSE-SU-2025-20055-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 276596

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2025-20055-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-59375: Fixed large dynamic memory allocations via a small document submitted for parsing (bsc#1249584)

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 expat, libexpat-devel and / or libexpat1 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249584

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59375

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276596

File Name: openSUSE-2025-20055-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2025

Updated: 11/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-59375

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:expat

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: 11/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59375

IAVA: 2025-A-0687