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openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-tornado6 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20015-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 284819

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-67724: unescaped `reason` argument used in HTTP headers and in HTML default error pages can be used by attackers to launch header injection or XSS attacks (bsc#1254903).
 - CVE-2025-67725: quadratic complexity of string concatenation operations used by the `HTTPHeaders.add` method can lead o DoS when processing a maliciously crafted HTTP request (bsc#1254905).
 - CVE-2025-67726: quadratic complexity algorithm used in the `_parseparam` function of `httputil.py` can lead to DoS when processing maliciously crafted parameters in a `Content-Disposition` header (bsc#1254904).

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 python313-tornado6 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254903

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254904

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254905

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67724

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67725

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67726

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 284819

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20015-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-67724

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-tornado6

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: 12/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-67724, CVE-2025-67725, CVE-2025-67726