Security update for openssl-3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:1550-1
Release Date: 2025-05-14T17:05:27Z
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-27587 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-27587 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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

Description:

This update for openssl-3 fixes the following issues:

Security:

  • CVE-2025-27587: Timing side channel vulnerability in the P-384 implementation when used with ECDSA in the PPC architecture (bsc#1240366).
  • Missing null pointer check before accessing handshake_func in ssl_lib.c (bsc#1240607).

FIPS:

  • Disabling EMS in OpenSSL configuration prevents sshd from starting (bsc#1230959, bsc#1232326, bsc#1231748).

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 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-1550=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1550=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-1550=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libopenssl3-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • openssl-3-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • openssl-3-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-devel-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • openssl-3-debugsource-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl3-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
    • libopenssl3-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-devel-32bit-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl3-32bit-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • openssl-3-doc-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • libopenssl3-64bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-devel-64bit-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-64bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-64bit-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl3-64bit-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libopenssl3-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • openssl-3-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • openssl-3-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-devel-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • openssl-3-debugsource-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl3-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl3-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1
    • libopenssl3-32bit-3.1.4-150600.5.27.1

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