SUSE SLES15 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2026:0872-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 302102

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0872-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-42363: use-after-free vulnerability in xasprintf function in xfuncs_printf.c (bsc#1217580).
- CVE-2023-42364: use-after-free in the awk.c evaluate function (bsc#1217584).
- CVE-2023-42365: use-after-free in the awk.c copyvar function (bsc#1217585).
- CVE-2025-46394: files in a TAR archive can have their filenames hidden from a listing if terminal escape sequences are used when naming other files included in the archive (bsc#1241661).
- CVE-2025-60876: request line incorrectly neutralized mat lead to header injection (bsc#1253245).
- CVE-2026-26157: Arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization (bsc#1258163).
- CVE-2026-26158: Arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via unvalidated tar archive entries (bsc#1258167).
- CVE-2021-42380: Additional fix for use-after-realloc in awk (bsc#1192869).

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 busybox and / or busybox-static packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 302102

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0872-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/13/2026

Updated: 3/13/2026

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42380

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 3/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42380, CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365, CVE-2025-46394, CVE-2025-60876, CVE-2026-26157, CVE-2026-26158

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0872-1

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