SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : capstone (SUSE-SU-2026:0060-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 282497

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0060-1 advisory.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2025-67873: missing bounds check on user-provided skipdata callback can lead to a heap buffer overflow (bsc#1255309).
- CVE-2025-68114: unchecked `vsnprintf` return value can lead to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1255310).

Other updates and bugfixes:

- Enable static library, and add `libcapstone-devel-static` subpackage.

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 282497

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0060-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/9/2026

Updated: 1/9/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68114

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcapstone-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcapstone4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-67873, CVE-2025-68114

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0060-1

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