SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libsndfile (SUSE-SU-2026:1969-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 315276

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-2026:1969-1 advisory.

This update for libsndfile fixes the following issues

- CVE-2025-52194: buffer overflow in the ircam_read_header function of file src/ircam.c when processing malformed IRCAM audio files (bsc#1248458).
- CVE-2026-37555: IMA-ADPCM integer overflow (bsc#1263695).

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 libsndfile-devel, libsndfile1 and / or libsndfile1-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 315276

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1969-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/19/2026

Updated: 5/19/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-52194

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-37555

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsndfile-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: 5/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-52194, CVE-2026-37555

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1969-1

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