openSUSE 15 Security Update : php8 (SUSE-SU-2026:0071-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 282495

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0071-1 advisory.

Security fixes:

- CVE-2025-14177: getimagesize() function may leak uninitialized heap memory into the APPn segments when reading images in multi-chunk mode (bsc#1255710).
- CVE-2025-14178: heap buffer overflow occurs in array_merge() when the total element count of packed arrays exceeds 32-bit limits or HT_MAX_SIZE (bsc#1255711).
- CVE-2025-14180: null pointer dereference in pdo_parse_params() function when using the PDO PostgreSQL driver with PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES enabled (bsc#1255712).

Other fixes:

- Update to 8.2.30:
Curl:
Fix curl build and test failures with version 8.16.
Opcache:
Reset global pointers to prevent use-after-free in zend_jit_status().
PDO:
Fixed GHSA-8xr5-qppj-gvwj (PDO quoting result null deref). (CVE-2025-14180) Standard:
Fixed GHSA-www2-q4fc-65wf (Null byte termination in dns_get_record()).
Fixed GHSA-h96m-rvf9-jgm2 (Heap buffer overflow in array_merge()). (CVE-2025-14178) Fixed GHSA-3237-qqm7-mfv7 (Information Leak of Memory in getimagesize). (CVE-2025-14177)

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255710

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255711

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255712

http://www.nessus.org/u?0c084d12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14177

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14178

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14180

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 282495

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0071-1.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: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14180

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14177, CVE-2025-14178, CVE-2025-14180

IAVA: 2026-A-0020

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0071-1