SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2026:0133-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 291280

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0133-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-8291: check validity of the ZIP64 End of Central Directory (EOCD) in the 'zipfile' module (bsc#1251305).
- CVE-2025-12084: prevent quadratic behavior in node ID cache clearing (bsc#1254997).
- CVE-2025-13836: prevent reading an HTTP response from a server, if no read amount is specified, with using Content-Length per default as the length (bsc#1254400).

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: Medium

ID: 291280

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0133-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/17/2026

Updated: 1/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 1/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12084, CVE-2025-13836, CVE-2025-8291

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0133-1

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