SB2026012962 - SUSE update for openssl-1_0_0
Published: January 29, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68160)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the BIO filter (BIO_f_linebuffer). A remote attacker can pass an overly long string to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and perform a denial of service attack.
2) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-69420)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the TS_RESP_verify_response() function when handling ASN1_TYPE data.. A remote attacker can pass a malformed TimeStamp Response to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-69421)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex function. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PKCS#12 file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Type confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-22796)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PKCS#7 data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.