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openSUSE 16 Security Update : iproute2 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20696-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 313627

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-2026:20696-1 advisory.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2024-58251: terminal lock up via ANSI terminal escape sequence set in `argv[0]` (bsc#1254324).

 Other updates and bugfixes:

 - Fix package for immutable mode (jsc#PED-14787).
 - Add netshaper support (bsc#1253044).
 - Add follow-up fixes included by upstream after the 6.12 release (bsc#1241316):
 * Parse FQ band weights correctly
 * bond: fix stack smash in xstats
 * ip: support setting multiple features
 * tc: gred: fix debug print

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 iproute2, iproute2-arpd, iproute2-bash-completion and / or libnetlink-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1241316

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1253044

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254324

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-58251

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 313627

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20696-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2026

Updated: 5/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-58251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnetlink-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iproute2-arpd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iproute2-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:iproute2

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: 5/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-58251