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SUSE SLES16 Security Update : freeipmi (SUSE-SU-2026:21212-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 309115

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:21212-1 advisory.

 This update for freeipmi fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-33554: improper memory handling and data validation can lead to stack buffer overflows and acceptance of malformed payloads/responses (bsc#1260414).

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/1260414

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33554

http://www.nessus.org/u?d5ee2939

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 309115

File Name: suse_SU-2026-21212-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2026

Updated: 4/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33554

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:libipmidetect0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:freeipmi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreeipmi17, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:freeipmi-bmc-watchdog, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipmimonitoring6, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipmiconsole2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:freeipmi-ipmiseld, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:freeipmi-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:freeipmi-ipmidetectd

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: 4/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33554

IAVB: 2026-B-0080

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:21212-1