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openSUSE: libxslt Important DoS Threat CVE-2025-11731 Advisory 2025:3743-1

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2025
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Important update for openSUSE fixing CVE-2025-11731 in libxslt, addressing denial of service risks. Install now!
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for libxslt fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-11731: fixed a type confusion in exsltFuncResultComp function that

could cause a denial of service (bsc#1251979)

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security advisory DoS important libxslt OpenSUSE cve-2025-11731

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 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3743=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-3743=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-3743=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-3743=1

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-3743=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-3743=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-3743=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-3743=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libxslt-python-debugsource-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-python-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-python-debuginfo-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libxslt-tools-debuginfo-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-tools-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt1-debuginfo-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt1-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-devel-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-debugsource-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libxslt-tools-debuginfo-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-tools-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt1-debuginfo-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt1-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-devel-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-debugsource-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)

* libxslt-tools-debuginfo-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt-tools-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

* libxslt1-debuginfo-1.1.32-150000.3.28.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1251979

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11731.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251979

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3743-1
Release Date: 2025-10-23T06:20:46Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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security advisory DoS important libxslt OpenSUSE cve-2025-11731

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