SUSE SLES12 Security Update : cups (SUSE-SU-2026:1617-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 310230

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1617-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-34980: Shared PostScript queue lets anonymous Print-Job requests reach `lp` code execution over the network (bsc#1261569).
- CVE-2026-34990: Local print admin token disclosure using temporary printers (bsc#1261568).

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 310230

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1617-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/25/2026

Updated: 4/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34980

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Threat Score: 5.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-libs, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-devel

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: 4/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34980, CVE-2026-34990

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1617-1

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