SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : mozjs60 (SUSE-SU-2026:0044-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 282449

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0044-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-45492: embedded expat: detect integer overflow in function nextScaffoldPart (bsc#1230038)
- CVE-2024-45491: embedded expat: detect integer overflow in dtdCopy (bsc#1230037)
- CVE-2024-45490: embedded expat: reject negative len for XML_ParseBuffer (bsc#1230036)
- CVE-2024-50602: libexpat: DoS via XML_ResumeParser (bsc#1232602)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected libmozjs-60, mozjs60 and / or mozjs60-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 282449

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0044-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/8/2026

Updated: 1/8/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmozjs-60, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mozjs60-devel

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: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492, CVE-2024-50602

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0044-1

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