SUSE SLES12 Security Update : perl-Crypt-URandom (SUSE-SU-2026:1170-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 304852

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-2026:1170-1 advisory.

This update for perl-Crypt-URandom fixes the following issue:

Update to 0.550.0 (0.55):

- CVE-2026-2474: heap buffer overflow in the XS function `crypt_urandom_getrandom()` (bsc#1258266).

Changelog:

- Fix for sysread/read failures. Thanks to Miha Purg for GH#20.
- Fix for test suite failures on STDOUT encoding. Thanks to Lukas Mai for GH#19.

For full changelog see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Crypt-URandom/Changes.

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 perl-Crypt-URandom package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 304852

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1170-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2026

Updated: 4/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2474

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-crypt-urandom, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 4/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2474

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1170-1

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