SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : mozjs52 (SUSE-SU-2025:4512-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 279670

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4512-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-45491: Fixed integer overflow in dtdCopy (bsc#1230037)
- CVE-2024-50602: Fixed DoS via XML_ResumeParser (bsc#1232599)
- CVE-2024-45492: Fixed integer overflow in function nextScaffoldPart (bsc#1230038)
- CVE-2024-45490: Fixed negative len for XML_ParseBuffer (bsc#1230036)

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 libmozjs-52, mozjs52 and / or mozjs52-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 279670

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4512-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/24/2025

Updated: 12/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:libmozjs-52, 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: 12/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492, CVE-2024-50602

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4512-1

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