SUSE-RU-2025:0796-1: moderate: Recommended update for python3-M2Crypto

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# Recommended update for python3-M2Crypto

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:0796-1  
Release Date: 2025-03-06T12:28:18Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1205042
  * bsc#1231589
  * bsc#1236664

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2020-25657

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2020-25657 ( SUSE ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2020-25657 ( NVD ):  5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  
Affected Products:

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

  
  
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for python3-M2Crypto fixes the following issues:

  * Fix spelling of BSD-2-Clause license.
  * Update to 0.44.0:
  * The real license is BSD 2-Clause, not MIT.
  * Remove python-M2Crypto.keyring, because PyPI broke GPG support
  * Build for modern python stack on SLE/Leap
  * require setuptools
  * Make tests running again.
  * Remove unnecessary fdupes call
  * Add python-typing as a dependency
  * SLE12 requires swig3 for a successful build, too

## 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:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-796=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-796=1

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-796=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150600.19.3.1
    * python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150600.19.3.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    * python3-M2Crypto-doc-0.44.0-150600.19.3.1
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * python3-M2Crypto-debuginfo-0.44.0-150600.19.3.1
    * python3-M2Crypto-0.44.0-150600.19.3.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25657.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205042
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231589
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236664

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