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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2026:0066-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 282494

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0066-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-14524: Fixed bearer token leak on cross-protocol redirect (bsc#1255731)
 - CVE-2025-15079: Fixed unknown host connection acceptance when set in the global knownhostsfile (bsc#1255733)
 - CVE-2025-14819: Fixed issue where alteration of CURLSSLOPT_NO_PARTIALCHAIN could accidentally lead to CA cache reuse for which partial chain was reversed (bsc#1255732)

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 curl, libcurl-devel, libcurl4 and / or libcurl4-32bit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255731

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255732

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255733

http://www.nessus.org/u?51a89dd8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14524

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14819

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15079

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 282494

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0066-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/9/2026

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: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-32bit

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: 1/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14524, CVE-2025-14819, CVE-2025-15079

IAVA: 2026-A-0005

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0066-1