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

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • November 3, 2025

## 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 Read the Full Advisory

* 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. ## * *

* 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

* 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.

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Extracted Entities

CVEs (1)

CVE-2025-62291

Platforms (7)

StrongSwan SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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