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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : cups (SUSE-SU-2025:4290-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277262

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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-2025:4290-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-61915: Fixed a local denial-of-service via cupsd.conf update and related issues. (bsc#1253783)
 - CVE-2025-58436: Fixed an issue where a slow client communication leads to a possible DoS attack.
 (bsc#1244057)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234225

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244057

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1253783

http://www.nessus.org/u?ad9dcfe3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-58436

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61915

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 277262

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4290-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/3/2025

Updated: 12/3/2025

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-58436

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61915

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-ddk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcups2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupscgi1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsimage2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsmime1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsppdc1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcups2-32bit

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: 11/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-58436, CVE-2025-61915

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4290-1