openSUSE 16 Security Update : gnome-remote-desktop (openSUSE-SU-2026:20590-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 309887

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-2026:20590-1 advisory.

Update to version 48.3.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2025-5024: an unauthenticated attacker can exhaust system resources (bsc#1244053).

Other updates and bugfixes:

- Version update to 48.3:

- Fix image corruption on some NVIDIA GPUs.

- Version upadte to 48.2:

- Handle Vulkan dma-buf format compatibility issues.

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 gnome-remote-desktop and / or gnome-remote-desktop-lang packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 309887

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20590-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2026

Updated: 4/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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-2025-5024

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-remote-desktop-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-remote-desktop, 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: 4/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5024

Detections

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