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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : strongswan (SUSE-SU-2026:1762-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 313690

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-2026:1762-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-35329: NULL pointer dereference when processing padding in PKCS#7 (bsc#1261717).
 - CVE-2026-35330: integer underflow when handling EAP-SIM/AKA attributes (bsc#1261705).
 - CVE-2026-35331: acceptance of certificates violating X.509 name constraints (bsc#1261718).
 - CVE-2026-35332: NULL pointer dereference when handling ECDH public value in TLS (bsc#1261708).
 - CVE-2026-35333: integer underflow when handling RADIUS attributes (bsc#1261706).
 - CVE-2026-35334: possible NULL pointer dereference in RSA decryption (bsc#1261720).

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261705

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261706

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261708

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261717

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261718

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261720

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a5a50fa

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35329

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35330

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35331

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35332

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35333

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35334

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 313690

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1762-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2026

Updated: 5/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35330

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:strongswan-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:strongswan-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:strongswan-ipsec, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:strongswan, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:strongswan-libs0

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: 5/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35329, CVE-2026-35330, CVE-2026-35331, CVE-2026-35332, CVE-2026-35333, CVE-2026-35334

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1762-1