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openSUSE 16.0 ovmf Moderate Padding Oracle Bug Fix 2026-20499-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 21, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE ovmf addresses a moderate security issue involving CVE-2025-59438 and includes a bug fix.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for ovmf fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2025-59438: mbedtls: padding oracle attack possible through timing of cipher error reporting (bsc#1252441).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security 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 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-514=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate bug fix OpenSUSE padding oracle cve-2025-59438

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

ovmf-202502-160000.4.1

ovmf-tools-202502-160000.4.1

qemu-ovmf-ia32-202502-160000.4.1

qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202502-160000.4.1

qemu-ovmf-x86_64-debug-202502-160000.4.1

qemu-uefi-aarch32-202502-160000.4.1

qemu-uefi-aarch64-202502-160000.4.1

qemu-uefi-riscv64-202502-160000.4.1

References

* bsc#1252441

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59438.html

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20499-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate bug fix OpenSUSE padding oracle cve-2025-59438

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