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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : csync2 (SUSE-SU-2026:2116-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 319662

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:2116-1 advisory.

 This update for csync2 fixes the following issue

 - CVE-2026-41051: uses insecure temporary directories when compiled with C99 or later (bsc#1262472).

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 csync2 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262472

http://www.nessus.org/u?da6a645c

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41051

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 319662

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2116-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2026

Updated: 6/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41051

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:csync2, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41051

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2116-1