SUSE SLES12 Security Update : gnutls (SUSE-SU-2026:2366-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 321017

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-2026:2366-1 advisory.

This update for gnutls fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-33845: buffers: switch from end_offset over to frag_length (bsc#1263704).
- CVE-2026-33846: buffers: add more checks to DTLS reassembly (bsc#1263705).
- CVE-2026-42009: lib/buffers: ensure packets have differing sequence numbers (bsc#1263708).

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 libgnutls30 and / or libgnutls30-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 321017

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2366-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2026

Updated: 6/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33845

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls30-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgnutls30

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: 6/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33845, CVE-2026-33846, CVE-2026-42009

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2366-1

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