openSUSE 16 Security Update : go1.25-openssl (openSUSE-SU-2026:20301-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 301316

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-2026:20301-1 advisory.

- Update to version 1.25.7 (jsc#SLE-18320)
- CVE-2025-61730: crypto/tls: handshake messages may be processed at the incorrect encryption level (bsc#1256821)
- CVE-2025-68119: cmd/go: unexpected code execution when invoking toolchain (bsc#1256820)
- CVE-2025-61731: cmd/go: bypass of flag sanitization can lead to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1256819)
- CVE-2025-61726: net/http: memory exhaustion in Request.ParseForm (bsc#1256817)
- CVE-2025-61728: archive/zip: denial of service when parsing arbitrary ZIP archives (bsc#1256816)
- CVE-2025-68121: crypto/tls: Config.Clone copies automatically generated session ticket keys, session resumption does not account for the expiration of full certificate chain (bsc#1256818)
- CVE-2025-61729: crypto/x509: excessive resource consumption in printing error string for host certificate validation (bsc#1254431)
- CVE-2025-61727: crypto/x509: excluded subdomain constraint doesn't preclude wildcard SA (bsc#1254430)
- CVE-2025-58189: crypto/tls: ALPN negotiation error contains attacker controlled information (bsc#1251255)
- CVE-2025-61725: net/mail: excessive CPU consumption in ParseAddress (bsc#1251253)
- CVE-2025-58188: crypto/x509: panic when validating certificates with DSA public keys (bsc#1251260)
- CVE-2025-58185: encoding/asn1: pre-allocating memory when parsing DER payload can cause memory exhaustion (bsc#1251258)
- CVE-2025-58186: net/http: lack of limit when parsing cookies can cause memory exhaustion (bsc#1251259)
- CVE-2025-61723: encoding/pem: quadratic complexity when parsing some invalid inputs (bsc#1251256)
- CVE-2025-58183: archive/tar: unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map (bsc#1251261)
- CVE-2025-47912: net/url: insufficient validation of bracketed IPv6 hostnames (bsc#1251257)
- CVE-2025-58187: crypto/x509: quadratic complexity when checking name constraints (bsc#1251254)
- CVE-2025-61724: net/textproto: excessive CPU consumption in Reader.ReadResponse (bsc#1251262)

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 go1.25-openssl and / or go1.25-openssl-race packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 301316

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20301-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/6/2026

Updated: 3/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.25-openssl, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.25-openssl-race

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: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47912, CVE-2025-58183, CVE-2025-58185, CVE-2025-58186, CVE-2025-58187, CVE-2025-58188, CVE-2025-58189, CVE-2025-61723, CVE-2025-61724, CVE-2025-61725, CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-61727, CVE-2025-61728, CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-61730, CVE-2025-61731, CVE-2025-68119, CVE-2025-68121

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