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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2026:0237-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 296462

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0237-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-0959: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (bsc#1256734).
 - CVE-2026-0960: HTTP3 dissector infinite loop (bsc#1256736).
 - CVE-2026-0962: SOME/IP-SD dissector crash (bsc#1256739).

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/1256734

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256736

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256739

http://www.nessus.org/u?e15088af

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0959

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0960

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0962

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 296462

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0237-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2026

Updated: 1/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0962

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark17, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-ui-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap14, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil15

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: 1/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0959, CVE-2026-0960, CVE-2026-0962

IAVB: 2026-B-0022

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0237-1