Security update for exiv2-0_26

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:0231-1
Release Date:	2026-01-22T12:23:05Z
Rating:	low
References:	bsc#1248963
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-55304
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-55304 ( SUSE ): 2.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-55304 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-55304 ( NVD ): 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.4 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for exiv2-0_26 fixes the following issues:

Add reference for previously fixed issue:

• CVE-2025-55304: Fixed quadratic performance algorithm in the ICC profile parsing code of JpegBase::readMetadata (bsc#1248963).

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 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-231=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6
  zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-231=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-231=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-231=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-231=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-231=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • exiv2-0_26-debugsource-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
  • libexiv2-26-32bit-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • libexiv2-26-64bit-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-64bit-0.26-150400.9.27.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • exiv2-0_26-debugsource-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
  • libexiv2-26-32bit-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1
  • libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55304.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248963