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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2026:0337-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 297419

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0337-1 advisory.

 - Modified CVE-2025-6075 fix to not use `re.ASCII` flag (not available in Python 2.7) (bsc#1257064).

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/1257064

http://www.nessus.org/u?c3a93a29

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6075

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 297419

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0337-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2026

Updated: 1/31/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6075

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.8

Threat Score: 0.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-6075

IAVA: 2025-A-0444

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0337-1