SUSE SLES15 Security Update : net-snmp (SUSE-SU-2026:0227-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 296484

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0227-1 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 296484

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0227-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2026

Updated: 1/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:snmp-mibs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsnmp40, 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: 12/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68615

IAVA: 2026-A-0019

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0227-1

Detections

Analytics