SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : openssl-1_0_0 (SUSE-SU-2026:0332-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297423

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-2026:0332-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-68160: Heap out-of-bounds write in BIO_f_linebuffer on short writes (bsc#1256834).
- CVE-2025-69420: Missing ASN1_TYPE validation in TS_RESP_verify_response() function (bsc#1256837).
- CVE-2025-69421: NULL Pointer Dereference in PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex function (bsc#1256838).
- CVE-2026-22796: ASN1_TYPE Type Confusion in the PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() function (bsc#1256840).

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: High

ID: 297423

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0332-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

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: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-69420

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-1_0_0-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_0_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl10, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_0_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac, 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: 1/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68160, CVE-2025-69420, CVE-2025-69421, CVE-2026-22796

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0332-1

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