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openSUSE 16 Security Update : xrdp (openSUSE-SU-2026:20167-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 297980

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20167-1 advisory.

 Changes in xrdp:

 - CVE-2025-68670: Fixed a potential overflow (bsc#1257362).

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 libpainter0, librfxencode0, xrdp and / or xrdp-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257362

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68670

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 297980

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20167-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2026

Updated: 2/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68670

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:librfxencode0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpainter0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xrdp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xrdp-devel

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: 2/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68670