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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : xz (SUSE-SU-2025:1137-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 233842

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-2025:1137-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-31115: Fixed heap use after free and writing to an address based on the null pointer plus an offset (bsc#1240414)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1240414

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-April/038902.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-31115

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233842

File Name: suse_SU-2025-1137-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 4/4/2025

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31115

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblzma5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblzma5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xz, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xz-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xz-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xz-static-devel

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: 4/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31115

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:1137-1