In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0] containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when netstat is used by a victim.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20696-1 advisory.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2024-58251: terminal lock up via ANSI terminal escape sequence set in `argv[0]` (bsc#1254324).

    Other updates and bugfixes:

    - Fix package for immutable mode (jsc#PED-14787).
    - Add netshaper support (bsc#1253044).
    - Add follow-up fixes included by upstream after the 6.12 release (bsc#1241316):
      * Parse FQ band weights correctly
      * bond: fix stack smash in xstats
      * ip: support setting multiple features
      * tc: gred: fix debug print

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1418-1 advisory.

    This update for iproute2 fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2024-58251: denial of service via terminal escape sequences (bsc#1254324).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-005338 advisory.

    In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0]     containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when     netstat is used by a victim.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the busybox package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use     of terminal escape sequences.(CVE-2025-46394)

    In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0]     containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when     netstat is used by a victim.(CVE-2024-58251)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS busybox security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the busybox package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0]     containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when     netstat is used by a victim.(CVE-2024-58251)

    In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use     of terminal escape sequences.(CVE-2025-46394)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS busybox security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the busybox package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0]     containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when     netstat is used by a victim.(CVE-2024-58251)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS busybox security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0]
    containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when
    netstat is used by a victim. (CVE-2024-58251)

  - In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing through the use
    of terminal escape sequences. (CVE-2025-46394)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0]     containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when     netstat is used by a victim. (CVE-2024-58251)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
313627	openSUSE 16 Security Update : iproute2 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20696-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
307425	SUSE SLED15: iproute2 / iproute2-arpd / iproute2-bash-completion / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:1418-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
298686	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: busybox (UTSA-2026-005338)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	low
284790	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : busybox (EulerOS-SA-2026-1042)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
284768	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : busybox (EulerOS-SA-2026-1084)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
284744	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : busybox (EulerOS-SA-2026-1021)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
284731	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : busybox (EulerOS-SA-2026-1064)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
278482	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : busybox (EulerOS-SA-2025-2456)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
278449	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : busybox (EulerOS-SA-2025-2475)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
278447	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : busybox (EulerOS-SA-2025-2495)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
278410	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : busybox (EulerOS-SA-2025-2516)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	low
436153	Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.37.0-r14	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
436153	Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.37.0-r14	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
436152	Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.36.1-r31	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
436152	Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.36.1-r31	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
436151	Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.36.1-r21	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
436151	Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.36.1-r21	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
436144	Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.37.0-r20	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
436144	Alpine: multiple busybox packages, ssl_client: security update to 1.37.0-r20	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	low
256736	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-58251	Nessus	Misc.	low

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