SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ed25519-java (SUSE-SU-2025:1029-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233409

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1029-1 advisory.

- CVE-2020-36843: Fixed no check performed on scalar to avoid signature malleability (bsc#1239551)

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 ed25519-java and / or ed25519-java-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1239551

http://www.nessus.org/u?51278075

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36843

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233409

File Name: suse_SU-2025-1029-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2025

Updated: 3/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ed25519-java

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: 3/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36843

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:1029-1