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openSUSE 15 Security Update : libpcap (SUSE-SU-2026:0036-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 281909

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:0036-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-11961: missing validation of provided MAC-48 address string in `pcap_ether_aton()` can lead to out-of-bounds read and write (bsc#1255765).

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255765

http://www.nessus.org/u?a4cb9a4d

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11961

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 281909

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0036-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2026

Updated: 1/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11961

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0036-1