Security update for gnutls

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0728-1
Release Date: 2025-02-26T14:03:26Z
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 Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

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 Micro for Rancher 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-728=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-728=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libgnutls30-debuginfo-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • gnutls-debuginfo-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • gnutls-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • gnutls-debugsource-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • libgnutls30-hmac-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • libgnutls30-3.7.3-150400.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libgnutls30-debuginfo-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • gnutls-debuginfo-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • gnutls-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • gnutls-debugsource-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • libgnutls30-hmac-3.7.3-150400.11.1
    • libgnutls30-3.7.3-150400.11.1

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