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openSUSE 15.6: Security Advisory SUSE-2025:02754-1 for opensc CVE-2023-5992

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential patch released for openSUSE mitigating CVE-2023-5992 concerning side-channel information exposure in opensc software tools.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for opensc fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-5992: Fixed side-channel leaks while stripping encryption PKCS#1

padding (bsc#1219386).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat mitigation encryption issue OpenSUSE side-channel

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-2025-2754=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2754=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2754=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2754=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* opensc-debugsource-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* opensc-debuginfo-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* opensc-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* opensc-32bit-debuginfo-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* opensc-32bit-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* opensc-64bit-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* opensc-64bit-debuginfo-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

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

* opensc-debugsource-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* opensc-debuginfo-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* opensc-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

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

* opensc-debugsource-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* opensc-debuginfo-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

* opensc-0.22.0-150600.11.6.1

References

* bsc#1219386

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5992.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1219386

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02754-1
Release Date: 2025-08-12T07:35:15Z
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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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat mitigation encryption issue OpenSUSE side-channel

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