Recommended update for python3-M2Crypto

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2025:0800-1
Release Date:	2025-03-06T13:49:17Z
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1205042 bsc#1231589 bsc#1236664
Cross-References:	CVE-2020-25657
CVSS scores:	CVE-2020-25657 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2020-25657 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for python3-M2Crypto fixes the following issues:

• Fix spelling of BSD-2-Clause license.
• Update to 0.44.0:
• The real license is BSD 2-Clause, not MIT.
• Remove python-M2Crypto.keyring, because PyPI broke GPG support
• Build for modern python stack on SLE/Leap
• require setuptools
• Make tests running again.
• Remove unnecessary fdupes call
• Add python-typing as a dependency
• SLE12 requires swig3 for a successful build, too

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:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-800=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-800=1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-2025-800=1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.3-2025-800=1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-2025-800=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
  • python3-M2Crypto-doc-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 (x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150400.13.1
  • python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150400.13.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25657.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205042
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231589
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236664