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<h1>Security update for openssh</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:0659-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-02-23T12:03:56Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220110">bsc#1220110</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225637">bsc#1225637</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237040">bsc#1237040</a>
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</ul>
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Cross-References:
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26465.html">CVE-2025-26465</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-26465</span>
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(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">6.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-26465</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability and has two security fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for openssh fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>CVE-2025-26465: Fixed a MitM attack against OpenSSH's VerifyHostKeyDNS-enabled client (bsc#1237040).</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Add a s390 specific ioctl for ECC hardware support (bsc#1225637):</p>
</li>
<li>for migration to openssh 8.4: write active/enabled switch over files only if not yet present
(bsc#1220110)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-659=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-659=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>openssh-fips-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-debugsource-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-debuginfo-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-helpers-debuginfo-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-helpers-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-askpass-gnome-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>openssh-fips-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-askpass-gnome-debuginfo-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-debugsource-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-debuginfo-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-helpers-debuginfo-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-helpers-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
<li>openssh-askpass-gnome-7.2p2-81.26.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26465.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-26465.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220110">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220110</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225637">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1225637</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237040">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237040</a>
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