openSUSE 16 Security Update : openexr (openSUSE-SU-2026:20652-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311771

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20652-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-40244: integer overflow in DWA setupChannelData planarUncRle pointer arithmetic (bsc#1262426).
- CVE-2026-40250: integer overflow in DWA decoder outBufferEnd pointer arithmetic (bsc#1262425).

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: High

ID: 311771

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20652-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/2/2026

Updated: 5/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libilmthread-3_2-31, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenexr-3_2-31-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenexrutil-3_2-31-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libiex-3_2-31-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libiex-3_2-31, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openexr-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenexrutil-3_2-31, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libilmthread-3_2-31-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenexr-3_2-31, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenexrcore-3_2-31, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenexrcore-3_2-31-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openexr

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: 4/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40244, CVE-2026-40250

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