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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : busybox (SUSE-SU-2026:2069-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 317728

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:2069-1 advisory.

 This update for busybox fixes the following issue

 - CVE-2026-29004: a crafted DHCPv6 response can lead to a heap buffer overflow in the DHCPv6 client (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 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1263989

http://www.nessus.org/u?15f2704c

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 317728

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2069-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2026

Updated: 5/29/2026

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: 6.0

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:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:busybox

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: 5/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29004

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2069-1