openSUSE 16 Security Update : libsndfile (openSUSE-SU-2026:20787-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 316759

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-2026:20787-1 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-2025-56226: memory leak in the `mpeg_l3_encoder_init()` function of `mpeg_l3_encode.c` (bsc#1256702).
- CVE-2026-37555: IMA-ADPCM integer overflow (bsc#1263695).

Changes for libsndfile:

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, libsndfile-progs and / or libsndfile1 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 316759

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20787-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/26/2026

Updated: 5/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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-2026-37555

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile-progs, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsndfile1

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: 5/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-52194, CVE-2025-56226, CVE-2026-37555

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