Security update for strongswan

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3855-1
Release Date: 2025-10-29T14:15:51Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-62291 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for strongswan fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-62291: fixed buffer overflow when handling EAP-MSCHAPv2 failure requests (bsc#1251941)

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-2025-3855=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3855=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3855=1
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-3855=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP6-2025-3855=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • strongswan-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-mysql-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-mysql-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-debugsource-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-ipsec-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-sqlite-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-libs0-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-hmac-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-nm-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-sqlite-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-ipsec-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-nm-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-libs0-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • strongswan-doc-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • strongswan-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-debugsource-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-ipsec-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-libs0-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-hmac-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-ipsec-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-libs0-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
    • strongswan-doc-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • strongswan-debugsource-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-nm-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-nm-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP6 (x86_64)
    • strongswan-debugsource-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-nm-debuginfo-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2
    • strongswan-nm-5.9.12-150600.3.5.2

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