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openSUSE 16 Security Update : erlang (openSUSE-SU-2026:20043-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 291314

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-2026:20043-1 advisory.

 Update the ssh component to the latest in the maint-27 branch.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2025-48040: ssh: overly tolerant handling of data received from unauthenticated users when processing key exchange messages may lead to excessive resource consumption (bsc#1249472).
 - CVE-2025-48039: ssh: unverified paths from authenticated SFTP users may lead to excessive resource consumption (bsc#1249469).
 - CVE-2025-48038: ssh: unverified file handles from authenticated SFTP users may lead to excessive resource consumption (bsc#1249470).

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249469

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249470

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249472

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48038

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48039

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48040

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 291314

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20043-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/18/2026

Updated: 1/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48040

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-et, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-wx-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-diameter-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-observer-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-et-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-jinterface-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-diameter, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-debugger-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-observer, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-dialyzer-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-jinterface, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-debugger, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-reltool, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-reltool-src, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-dialyzer, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-wx, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:erlang-epmd

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: 1/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48038, CVE-2025-48039, CVE-2025-48040

IAVA: 2025-A-0872