Upstream information

CVE-2025-65409 at MITRE

Description

A divide-by-zero in the encryption/decryption routines of GNU Recutils v1.9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via inputting an empty value as a password.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (CISA-ADP)
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1255767 [IN_PROGRESS]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • gnu-recutils >= 1.9-3.1
  • gnu-recutils-devel >= 1.9-3.1
  • gnu-recutils-lang >= 1.9-3.1
  • librec1 >= 1.9-3.1
  • readrec0 >= 1.9-3.1
  • testrec0 >= 1.9-3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-10000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Dec 30 20:02:55 2025
CVE page last modified: Thu Jan 8 18:38:09 2026