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SUSE Linux 12 SP5: StrongSwan Important Buffer Overflow CVE-2025-62291

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for strongswan addresses important buffer overflow issue with CVE-2025-62291 for SUSE users.
* bsc#1251941 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-62291

Summary

## This update for strongswan fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-62291: fixed buffer overflow when handling EAP-MSCHAPv2 failure requests (bsc#1251941) ## 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 Server 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-3904=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-3904=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * strongswan-ipsec-5.1.3-26.29.1 * strongswan-ipsec-debuginfo-5.1.3-26.29.1 * strongswan-hmac-5.1.3-26.29.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE remote access important strongSwan

References

* bsc#1251941

Cross-

* CVE-2025-62291

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-62291 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-62291.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251941

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3904-1
Release Date: 2025-11-01T06:27:10Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE remote access important strongSwan

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