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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : net-snmp (SUSE-SU-2026:0195-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 294923
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:0195-1 advisory.- CVE-2025-68615: Fixed snmptrapd buffer overflow (bsc#1255491)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255491
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 294923
File Name: suse_SU-2026-0195-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/22/2026
Updated: 1/22/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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-2025-68615
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:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:snmp-mibs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsnmp40-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsnmp40
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: 1/21/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-68615
IAVA: 2026-A-0019
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0195-1