Security update for perl-Authen-SASL, perl-Crypt-URandom

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03088-1
Release Date: 2025-09-05T10:36:30Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-40918 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-40918 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-40918 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • 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 perl-Authen-SASL, perl-Crypt-URandom fixes the following issues:

Changes in perl-Authen-SASL:

  • CVE-2025-40918: insecurely generated client nonce (bsc#1246623)

Changes in perl-Crypt-URandom:

Shipped in version 0.540.0 (0.54).

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
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-3088=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-3088=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
    • perl-Authen-SASL-2.16-5.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-Crypt-URandom-0.540.0-1.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch)
    • perl-Authen-SASL-2.16-5.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • perl-Crypt-URandom-0.540.0-1.3.1

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