openSUSE 16 Security Update : glib2 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20018-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 284812

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20018-1 advisory.

Update to version 2.84.4.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2025-14512: integer overflow in the GIO `escape_byte_string()` function when processing malicious files or remote filesystem attribute values can lead to denial-of-service (bsc#1254878).
- CVE-2025-14087: buffer underflow in the GVariant parser `bytestring_parse()` and `string_parse()` functions when processing attacker-influenced data may lead to crash or code execution (bsc#1254662).
- CVE-2025-13601: heap-based buffer overflow in the `g_escape_uri_string()` function when processing strings with a large number of unacceptable characters may lead to crash or code execution (bsc#1254297).
- CVE-2025-7039: integer overflow when creating temporary files may lead to an out-of-bounds memory access that can be used for path traversal or exposure of sensitive content in a temporary file (bsc#1249055).

Other issues fixed and changes:

- Fix GFile leak in `g_local_file_set_display_name` during error handling.
- Fix incorrect output parameter handling in closure helper of `g_settings_bind_with_mapping_closures`.
- `gfileutils`: fix computation of temporary file name.
- Fix GFile leak in `g_local_file_set_display_name()`.
- `gthreadpool`: catch `pool_spawner` creation failure.
- `gio/filenamecompleter`: fix leaks.
- `gfilenamecompleter`: fix `g_object_unref()` of undefined value.

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: Low

ID: 284812

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20018-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/15/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14087

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-7039

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libglib-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-glibunix-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgirepository-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgmodule-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gio-branding-upstream, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-girepository-3_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-gmodule-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgio-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-gobject-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgobject-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-gio-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-tests-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-glib-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgthread-2_0-0

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: 1/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13601, CVE-2025-14087, CVE-2025-14512, CVE-2025-7039

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