SB2025121872 - SUSE update for snpguest 



SB2025121872 - SUSE update for snpguest

Published: December 18, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025121872
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12224)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error within the UTS 46 specification when handling Punycode labels that do not produce any non-ASCII output. A remote attacker can construct a specially crafted hostname that one part of a system might treat as distinct while another part of that system would treat as equivalent to another hostname.


2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3416)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in openssl::cipher::Cipher::fetch. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.