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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2026:1206-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 305285

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1206-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-13462: incorrect parsing of TarInfo when GNU long name and type AREGTYPE are combined can lead to misinterpretation of tar archives (bsc#1259611).
 - CVE-2026-3644: incomplete control character validation in http.cookies can lead to input validation bypass (bsc#1259734).
 - CVE-2026-4224: parsing XML with deeply nested DTD content models can lead to C stack overflow (bsc#1259735).
 - CVE-2026-4519: failure to sanitize leading dashes in URLs in the `webbrowser.open()` API can lead to web browser command line option injection (bsc#1260026).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259611

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259734

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259735

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260026

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-April/045298.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13462

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3644

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4224

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4519

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305285

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1206-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2026

Updated: 4/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4519

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Threat Score: 3.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux: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: 4/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13462, CVE-2026-3644, CVE-2026-4224, CVE-2026-4519

IAVA: 2026-A-0142

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1206-1