openSUSE 16 Security Update : coredns (openSUSE-SU-2026:20703-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 313705

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-2026:20703-1 advisory.

Changes in coredns:

- Update to version 1.14.3:
* This release introduces Windows service support, along with full TSIG verification across DoH, DoH3, QUIC, and gRPC transports, and improved TSIG propagation and DoH request validation.
* It also adds optional TLS for the metrics endpoint.
* Performance and stability are improved through cache prefetching, QUIC optimizations, and a new max_age option in the forward plugin.
* Additional updates include enhanced SVCB/HTTPS support, improved zone transfer behavior, and various DNSSEC, PROXY protocol, and concurrency fixes.
* The release is built with Go 1.26.2, which includes security fixes addressing CVE-2026-32282, CVE-2026-32289, CVE-2026-33810, CVE-2026-27144, CVE-2026-27143, CVE-2026-32288, CVE-2026-32283, and CVE-2026-27140, and also includes fixes for CVE-2026-32936, CVE-2026-33190, CVE-2026-33489, CVE-2026-32934, and CVE-2026-35579.

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 coredns and / or coredns-extras packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 313705

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20703-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/10/2026

Updated: 5/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35579

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33190

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coredns, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coredns-extras, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0

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: 5/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27140, CVE-2026-27143, CVE-2026-27144, CVE-2026-32282, CVE-2026-32283, CVE-2026-32288, CVE-2026-32289, CVE-2026-32934, CVE-2026-32936, CVE-2026-33190, CVE-2026-33489, CVE-2026-33810, CVE-2026-35579

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