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openSUSE 16 Security Update : tinyproxy (openSUSE-SU-2026:20456-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 304863

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20456-1 advisory.

 Changes in tinyproxy:

 - CVE-2026-3945: Fixed denial of service by unauthenticated remote attacker (boo#1261024)

 - Update to release 1.11.3
 * conf: add BasicAuthRealm feature
 * basic auth: fix error status 401 vs 407
 * tinyproxy.conf.5: explain what a site_spec looks like
 * tinyproxy.conf.5: add an IPv6 example to allow/deny section
 * reqs: fix integer overflow in port number processing

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 tinyproxy package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261024

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3945

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 304863

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20456-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/4/2026

Updated: 4/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2026-3945

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tinyproxy, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0

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: 4/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3945