SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : apache2 (SUSE-SU-2025:4518-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 279904

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4518-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-55753: Fixed mod_md (ACME) unintended retry intervals (bsc#1254511)
- CVE-2025-65082: Fixed CGI environment variable override (bsc#1254514)
- CVE-2025-58098: Fixed Server Side Includes adding query string to #exec cmd=... (bsc#1254512)
- CVE-2025-66200: Fixed mod_userdir+suexec bypass via AllowOverride FileInfo (bsc#1254515)

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: High

ID: 279904

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4518-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/25/2025

Updated: 12/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-58098

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-prefork, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-event, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:apache2-worker, 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: 12/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55753, CVE-2025-58098, CVE-2025-65082, CVE-2025-66200

IAVA: 2025-A-0889

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4518-1

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