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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libmicrohttpd (SUSE-SU-2025:4291-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 277255

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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-2025:4291-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-59777: Fixed NULL pointer dereference via specially crafted packet sent by an attacker (bsc#1253177)
 - CVE-2025-62689: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow via specially crafted packet sent by an attacker (bsc#1253178)

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 libmicrohttpd-devel and / or libmicrohttpd12 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1253177

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1253178

http://www.nessus.org/u?99732237

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59777

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62689

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277255

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4291-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/3/2025

Updated: 12/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62689

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 v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmicrohttpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmicrohttpd12, 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: 11/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59777, CVE-2025-62689

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4291-1