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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2026:2054-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 316844

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2054-1 advisory.

 This update for busybox fixes the following issue

 - CVE-2026-29004: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the DHCPv6 client (udhcpc6) DNS_SERVERS option handler in networking/udhcp/d6_dhcpc.c (bsc#1263989).

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 busybox and / or busybox-static packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1263989

http://www.nessus.org/u?47cb16bd

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-29004

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 316844

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2054-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/26/2026

Updated: 5/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-29004

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Threat Score: 5.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox-static

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: 5/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29004

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2054-1