SUSE SLES15 Security Update : mariadb (SUSE-SU-2025:4438-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 279051

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4438-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-13699: Fixed MariaDB mariadb-dump utility vulnerable to Path Traversal and Remote Code Execution (bsc#1254313)

Other fixes:

- Updated to 11.8.5

- Added %license tags to license files (bsc#1252162)

- Added INSTALL_DOCREADMEDIR cmake flag to install readme and license files

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 279051

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4438-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 1/9/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13699

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmariadbd19, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmariadbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-galera, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-errormessages, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb

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: 12/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13699

IAVA: 2026-A-0015

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4438-1

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