Security update for ruby2.5

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3776-1
Release Date: 2025-10-24T13:25:50Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-24294 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-24294 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-24294 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ruby2.5 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-24294: resolv: insufficient checks on the length of a decompressed domain name when processing a DNS packet can lead to a denial of service due to excessive resource consumption (bsc#1246430).

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 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3776=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3776=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ruby2.5-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-devel-extra-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-doc-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-stdlib-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-debugsource-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-stdlib-debuginfo-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-devel-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-debuginfo-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • libruby2_5-2_5-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • libruby2_5-2_5-debuginfo-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • ruby2.5-doc-ri-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ruby2.5-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-devel-extra-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-stdlib-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-debugsource-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-stdlib-debuginfo-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-devel-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • ruby2.5-debuginfo-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • libruby2_5-2_5-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1
    • libruby2_5-2_5-debuginfo-2.5.9-150000.4.54.1

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