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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : giflib (SUSE-SU-2026:1005-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 303780
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-2026:1005-1 advisory.- CVE-2026-23868: double-free result of a shallow copy can lead to memory corruption (bsc#1259502).
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 giflib-devel, giflib-progs, libgif6 and / or libgif6-32bit packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259502
http://www.nessus.org/u?92ba9071
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 303780
File Name: suse_SU-2026-1005-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2026
Updated: 3/26/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39742
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:giflib-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgif6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgif6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:giflib-progs
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: 3/25/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-39742, CVE-2026-23868
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1005-1