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SUSE: Perl-Authen-SASL Moderate Insecure Nonce CVE-2025-40918 Advisory

* bsc#1246623 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-40918 . # Security update for perl-Authen-SASL, perl-Crypt-URandom Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03088-1 Release Date: 2025-09-05T10:36:30Z Rating: moderate References: * bsc#1246623 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-40918 CVSS scores: * CVE-2025-40918 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N * CVE-2025-40918 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N * CVE-2025-40918 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N 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. ## Description: This update for perl-Authen-SASL, perl-Crypt-URandom fixes the following issues: Changes in perl-Authen-SASL: * CVE-2025-40918: insecurely generated client nonce (bsc#1246623) Changes in perl-Crypt-URandom: Shipped in version 0.540.0 (0.54). ## 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-2025-3088=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-3088=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (noarch) * perl-Authen-SASL-2.16-5.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * perl-Crypt-URandom-0.540.0-1.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch) * perl-Authen-SASL-2.16-5.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security(x86_64) * perl-Crypt-URandom-0.540.0-1.3.1 ## References: * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40918.html * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246623 . SUSE has issued a crucial update addressing a vulnerability linked to an insecure nonce in perl-Authen-SASL and perl-Crypt-URandom.. SUSE Security Update, perl-Authen-SASL, perl-Crypt-URandom. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 05, 2025 SuSE