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openSUSE 16 Security Update : mapserver (openSUSE-SU-2026:20476-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 305834

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20476-1 advisory.

 Changes in mapserver:

 - Update to release 8.6.1
 * msSLDParseRasterSymbolizer: fix potential heap buffer overflow [boo#1260869] [CVE-2026-33721]
 * GetFeatureInfo with IDENTIFY CLASSAUTO: take into account SYMBOL.ANCHORPOINT
 * WCS 2.0: fix issue when input raster in a rotated pole lon/lat CRS with lon_0?> 180
 * UVRaster: fix WMS-Time support on layers with TILEINDEX pointing to a shapefile
 * WMS GetCapabilities response: use group title and abstract when using wms_layer_group instead of GROUP

 - Update to release 8.6.0
 * Add `CONNECTIONTYPE RASTERLABEL`
 * Set `MS_LEGEND_KEYSIZE_MAX` to 1000
 * Add 4 new `COMPOSITE.COMPOP` blending operations
 * Allow encryption key files to use paths relative to a mapfile
 * Allow `use_default_extent_for_getfeature` to be used for OGC Features API and PostGIS
 * Allow append of additional query parameters for OGCAPI
 * New MapServer index page
 * WMS `GetFeatureInfo`: add options to precisely identify points through their symbols
 * Add `FALLBACK` parameter for the `CLASS` object, to be applied if none of the previously defined classes has been applied

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260869

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33721

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305834

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20476-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2026

Updated: 4/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33721

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmapserver2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-mapserver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mapserver-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:php-mapscriptng, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjavamapscript, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mapserver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-mapscript

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: 4/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33721