Security update for libxslt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3778-1
Release Date: 2025-10-24T13:26:10Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-11731 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-11731 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-11731 ( NVD ): 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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 libxslt fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-11731: fixed a type confusion in exsltFuncResultComp function that could cause a denial of service (bsc#1251979)

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-2025-3778=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-3778=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxslt-debugsource-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt1-debuginfo-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt-tools-debuginfo-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt1-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt-tools-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt-devel-1.1.28-17.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (s390x x86_64)
    • libxslt1-32bit-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt1-debuginfo-32bit-1.1.28-17.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • libxslt-debugsource-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt1-debuginfo-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt-tools-debuginfo-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt1-debuginfo-32bit-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt1-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt-tools-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt1-32bit-1.1.28-17.21.1
    • libxslt-devel-1.1.28-17.21.1

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