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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libpng15 (SUSE-SU-2026:0898-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 302251

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:0898-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-64505: heap buffer over-read in 'png_do_quantize' via malformed palette index (bsc#1254157).

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 libpng15-15 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254157

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-64505

http://www.nessus.org/u?24d1861c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 302251

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0898-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/14/2026

Updated: 3/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64505

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng15-15

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: 3/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64505

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0898-1