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SUSE OVMF 15 SP7 Moderate Timing Attack Fix 2026-1413-1 CVE-2025-59438

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Calendar Grey April 16, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE update for ovmf resolves a moderate timing attack vulnerability with detailed patching instructions.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## 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 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 Package Hub 15 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2026-1413=1 * Server Applications Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP7-2026-1413=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7 (noarch) * qemu-uefi-aarch64-202408-150700.3.15.1 * qemu-ovmf-x86_64-202408-150700.3.15.1 * qemu-uefi-aarch32-202408-150700.3.15.1

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security advisory moderate SuSE timing attack ovmf cve-2025-59438

References

* bsc#1252441

Cross-

* CVE-2025-59438

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-59438 ( SUSE ): 5.7

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

* CVE-2025-59438 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2025-59438 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* Server Applications Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252441

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1413-1
Release Date: 2026-04-16T13:34:01Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate SuSE timing attack ovmf cve-2025-59438

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