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openSUSE: 2025:02229-1 important: libssh Cross-Site Scripting

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Calendar Grey July 4, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An update for libssh on openSUSE fixes critical issues including cross-site scripting and information leaks.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for libssh fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-5318: Fixed likely read beyond bounds in sftp server handle

management (bsc#1245311).

* CVE-2025-4877: Fixed write beyond bounds in binary to base64 conversion

functions (bsc#1245309).

* CVE-2025-4878: Fixed use of uninitialized variable in privatekey_from_file()

(bsc#1245310).

* CVE-2025-5372: Fixed cases where ssh_kdf() returns a success code on certain

failures (bsc#1245314).

Patch

## 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-2025-2229=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2229=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2229=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2229=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libssh4-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh-debugsource-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh-devel-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh4-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh-config-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libssh4-32bit-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh4-32bit-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libssh4-64bit-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh4-64bit-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libssh4-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh-debugsource-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh-devel-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh4-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh-config-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (x86_64)

* libssh4-32bit-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh4-32bit-debuginfo-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libssh4-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh-debugsource-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

* libssh-devel-0.9.8-150600.11.3.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1245309

* bsc#1245310

* bsc#1245311

* bsc#1245314

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4877.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4878.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5318.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5372.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245309

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245310

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245311

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245314

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02229-1
Release Date: 2025-07-04T16:02:38Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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