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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 gnutls Moderate DoS Threat SUSE-SU-2026-20654-1

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 gnutls moderate DoS fix now available. Urgent update with features to improve security.
An update that solves one vulnerability, contains two features and has one fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for gnutls fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-14831: Fixed DoS via excessive resource consumption during certificate verification. (bsc#1257960) * Add the functionality to allow to specify the hash algorithm for the PSK. This fixes a bug in the current implementation where the binder is always calculated with SHA256. (bsc#1258083, jsc#PED-15752, jsc#PED-15753) ## 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 Micro 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-426=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libgnutls30-debuginfo-3.8.3-slfo.1.1_6.1 * gnutls-debuginfo-3.8.3-slfo.1.1_6.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update SuSE DoS gnutls

References

* bsc#1257960

* bsc#1258083

* jsc#PED-15752

* jsc#PED-15753

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:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains two features and has one fix

can now be installed.

##

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

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258083

* https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-15752

* https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-15753

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20654-1
Release Date: 2026-03-05T09:44:22Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update SuSE DoS gnutls

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