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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2026:0236-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 296471

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0236-1 advisory.

 This update for busybox fixes the following issues:

 Security issues:

 - CVE-2025-46394: Fixed tar hidden files via escape sequence (CVE-2025-46394, bsc#1241661)
 - CVE-2025-60876: Fixed HTTP request header injection in wget (CVE-2025-60876, bsc#1253245)

 Other issues:

 - Set CONFIG_FIRST_SYSTEM_ID to 201 to avoid confclict (bsc#1236670)
 - Fixed unshare -mrpf sh core dump on ppc64le (bsc#1249237)
 - Fixed adduser inside containers on an SELinux host (bsc#1247779)

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/1236670

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1241661

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1247779

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249237

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1253245

http://www.nessus.org/u?5d581291

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46394

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-60876

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 296471

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0236-1.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: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46394

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 4/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46394, CVE-2025-60876

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0236-1