SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python313 (SUSE-SU-2026:0642-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 300558

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0642-1 advisory.

Update to Python 3.13.12

- 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-2025-15282: Fixed a bug where a user-controlled data URLs parsed may allow injecting headers.
(bsc#1257046)
- CVE-2025-11468: Fixed a header injection when folding a long comment in an email header containing exclusively unfoldable characters. (bsc#1257029)
- CVE-2026-1299: Fixed header injection when an email is serialized due to improper newline quoting in `BytesGenerator`: Fixed a header injection when folding a long comment in an email header containing exclusively unfoldable characters. (bsc#1257029)

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/1257029

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257031

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257042

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257046

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257181

http://www.nessus.org/u?c74b49eb

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11468

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15282

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

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

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1299

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 300558

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0642-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 3/4/2026

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: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1299

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-dbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_13-1_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-curses

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: 1/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11468, CVE-2025-15282, CVE-2026-0672, CVE-2026-0865, CVE-2026-1299

IAVA: 2026-A-0142

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0642-1