SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : dnsdist (SUSE-SU-2026:0888-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 302256

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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0888-1 advisory.

Update to dnsdist 1.9.11:

- CVE-2025-8671: Add mitigations for the HTTP/2 MadeYouReset attack (bsc#1253852).
- CVE-2025-30187: denial of service via crafted DoH exchange (bsc#1250054).

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 dnsdist package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 302256

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0888-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/14/2026

Updated: 3/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8671

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dnsdist, 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: 3/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-30187, CVE-2025-8671

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0888-1

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