SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python3 (SUSE-SU-2026:0210-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 296472

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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-2026:0210-1 advisory.

Security fixes:

- CVE-2025-4517: Fixed arbitrary filesystem writes outside the extraction directory during extraction with filter='data' (bsc#1244032)
- CVE-2025-4330: Fixed extraction filter bypass for linking outside extraction directory (bsc#1244060)
- CVE-2007-4559: Fixed python tarfile module directory traversal (bsc#1203750)
- CVE-2024-12718: Fixed bypass extraction filter to modify file metadata outside extraction directory (bsc#1244056)
- CVE-2025-4138: Fixed symlinking targets to not point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata (bsc#1244059)
- CVE-2025-4435: Fixed tarfile extracting filtered members when errorlevel=0 (bsc#1244061)

Other fixes:

- Fixed two shebangs with /usr/local/bin/python

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: Critical

ID: 296472

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0210-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2026

Updated: 1/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-4559

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Threat Score: 9.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12718

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-tk, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_4m1_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_4m1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3

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: 8/27/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4559, CVE-2024-12718, CVE-2025-4138, CVE-2025-4330, CVE-2025-4435, CVE-2025-4517

IAVA: 2025-A-0444

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0210-1

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