ESB-2026.3476
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CVSS 5.300000190734863 MEDIUM
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.3476
Security update for gnutls
10 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: gnutls
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2025-9820 CVE-2025-14831
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202620984-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 5.3 CVE-2025-14831 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVSS Source: SUSE
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS (Max): 0.1% (19th) CVE-2025-14831 2026-04-09
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Security update for gnutls
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20984-1
Release Date: 2026-03-30T14:36:07Z
Rating: moderate
o bsc#1254132
o bsc#1257960
References: o bsc#1258083
o jsc#PED-15752
o jsc#PED-15753
o CVE-2025-14831
Cross-References: o CVE-2025-9820
o CVE-2025-14831 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N
/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
o CVE-2025-14831 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N
/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
o CVE-2025-14831 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/
CVSS scores: S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
o CVE-2025-9820 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/
S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
o CVE-2025-9820 ( NVD ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/
S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0
Products:
An update that solves two vulnerabilities, contains two features and has one
fix can now be installed.
Description:
This update for gnutls fixes the following issues:
o CVE-2025-14831: Fixed DoS via excessive resource consumption during
certificate verification. (bsc#1257960)
o CVE-2025-9820: Fixed a buffer overflow in gnutls_pkcs11_token_init. (bsc#
1254132)
o Add the functionality to allow to specify the hash algorithm for the PSK.
This fixes a bug in the current implementation where the binder is always
calculated with SHA256. (bsc#1258083, jsc#PED-15752, jsc#PED-15753)
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:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-464=1
Package List:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
gnutls-debugsource-3.8.10-160000.2.1
libgnutls-devel-3.8.10-160000.2.1
libgnutls30-3.8.10-160000.2.1
gnutls-3.8.10-160000.2.1
libgnutlsxx-devel-3.8.10-160000.2.1
libgnutlsxx30-debuginfo-3.8.10-160000.2.1
libgnutls30-debuginfo-3.8.10-160000.2.1
gnutls-debuginfo-3.8.10-160000.2.1
libgnutlsxx30-3.8.10-160000.2.1
References:
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14831.html
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9820.html
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254132
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257960
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258083
o https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-15752
o https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-15753
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