openSUSE 16 Security Update : openssl-3 (openSUSE-SU-2025:20164-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279057

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2025:20164-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-9230: Fixed out-of-bounds read & write in RFC 3211 KEK unwrap (bsc#1250232)
- CVE-2025-9231: Fixedk timing side-channel in SM2 algorithm on 64 bit ARM (bsc#1250233)
- CVE-2025-9232: Fixed out-of-bounds read in HTTP client no_proxy handling (bsc#1250234)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279057

File Name: openSUSE-2025-20164-1.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, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9230

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9231

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl-3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openssl-3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl-3-fips-provider, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl3-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenssl-3-fips-provider-x86-64-v3

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: 12/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-9230, CVE-2025-9231, CVE-2025-9232

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