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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : krb5-appl (SUSE-SU-2026:0930-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 303143
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:0930-1 advisory.This update for krb5-appl fixes the following issue:
- CVE-2026-32746: Remote Pre-Auth Buffer Overflow in GNU Inetutils telnetd LINEMODE (bsc#1259691).
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 krb5-appl-clients and / or krb5-appl-servers packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259691
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 303143
File Name: suse_SU-2026-0930-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/20/2026
Updated: 3/20/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32746
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-appl-servers, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-appl-clients
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: 3/19/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-32746
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0930-1