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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : pam_u2f (SUSE-SU-2025:0192-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 214429

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0192-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-23013: Fixed problematic PAM_IGNORE return values in `pam_sm_authenticate()` (bsc#1233517)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected pam_u2f package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1233517

http://www.nessus.org/u?b15d28df

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-23013

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214429

File Name: suse_SU-2025-0192-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2025

Updated: 1/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-23013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pam_u2f, 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: 1/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-23013

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:0192-1