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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2026:0663-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300196

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0663-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-6075: Fixed performance degradation when using os.path.expandvars() (bsc#1252974).
 - CVE-2026-0672: Fixed a HTTP header injection via user-controlled cookie values and parameters when using http.cookies.Morsel. (bsc#1257031)
 - CVE-2026-0865: Fixed a bug where a user-controlled header containing newlines can allow injecting HTTP headers. (bsc#1257042)
 - CVE-2025-15366: Fixed a bug wherer a user-controlled command can allow additional commands injected using newlines. (bsc#1257044)
 - CVE-2025-15367: Fixed control characters which may allow the injection of additional commands.
 (bsc#1257041)

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1252974

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254867

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257031

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257041

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257042

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257044

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257064

http://www.nessus.org/u?d7487272

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15366

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15367

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

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0672

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0865

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300196

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0663-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2026

Updated: 3/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6075

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0672

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 2/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15366, CVE-2025-15367, CVE-2025-6075, CVE-2026-0672, CVE-2026-0865

IAVA: 2025-A-0444-S, 2026-A-0142

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0663-1