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SUSE 2026 0862-1 GnuTLS Moderate Resource DoS CVE-2025-14831

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE's gnutls update addresses moderate issues related to resource consumption in maliciously crafted certificates.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for gnutls fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-14831: excessive resource consumption when verifying specially crafted malicious certificates containing a large number of name constraints and subject alternative names (SANs) (bsc#1257960). ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-862=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-862=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-862=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-862=1 ## Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE DoS gnutls resource consumption

References

* bsc#1257960

Cross-

* CVE-2025-14831

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-14831 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-14831 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-14831 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14831.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257960

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0862-1
Release Date: 2026-03-11T10:00:10Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate SuSE DoS gnutls resource consumption

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