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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libpng12 (SUSE-SU-2025:4432-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 279055
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4432-1 advisory.- CVE-2025-64505: Fixed heap buffer over-read in `png_do_quantize` via malformed palette index (bsc#1254157)
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.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?803587ea
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 279055
File Name: suse_SU-2025-4432-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/18/2025
Updated: 12/18/2025
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: 5.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64505
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng12-0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng12-devel
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: 11/24/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-64505
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4432-1