Security update for gnutls

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0766-1
Release Date: 2025-03-03T08:44:33Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-12243 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-12243 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2024-12243 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gnutls fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-12243: quadratic complexity of DER input decoding in libtasn1 can lead to a DoS (bsc#1236974).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-766=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • libgnutls30-debuginfo-3.4.17-8.17.1
    • gnutls-debugsource-3.4.17-8.17.1
    • libgnutls30-3.4.17-8.17.1
    • libgnutls30-32bit-3.4.17-8.17.1
    • libgnutls30-debuginfo-32bit-3.4.17-8.17.1

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