openSUSE 16 Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2026:20151-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 297775

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20151-1 advisory.

Update to Wireshark 4.4.13:

- CVE-2025-11626: MONGO dissector infinite loop (bsc#1251933).
- CVE-2025-13499: Kafka dissector crash (bsc#1254108).
- CVE-2025-13945: HTTP3 dissector crash (bsc#1254471).
- CVE-2025-13946: MEGACO dissector infinite loop (bsc#1254472).
- CVE-2025-9817: SSH dissector crash (bsc#1249090).
- CVE-2026-0959: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (bsc#1256734).
- CVE-2026-0961: BLF file parser crash (bsc#1256738).
- CVE-2026-0962: SOME/IP-SD dissector crash (bsc#1256739).

Full changelog:

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.4.13.html

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: 297775

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20151-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/4/2026

Updated: 2/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0962

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9817

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwireshark18, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-ui-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwsutil16, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libwiretap15

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: 2/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11626, CVE-2025-13499, CVE-2025-13945, CVE-2025-13946, CVE-2025-9817, CVE-2026-0959, CVE-2026-0961, CVE-2026-0962

IAVB: 2025-B-0148-S, 2025-B-0170-S, 2025-B-0197-S, 2026-B-0022

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