SUSE SLES15 Security Update : mariadb (SUSE-SU-2026:2330-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 321069

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2330-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-3494: audit plugin comment handling bypass (bsc#1259176).
- CVE-2026-34303: mysql: optimizer unspecified vulnerability (bsc#1266435).
- CVE-2026-35549: SHA2 auth plugin crash on large packets (bsc#1261413).
- CVE-2026-44168: wsrep SST unsafe parameter handling on the donor side (bsc#1266442).
- CVE-2026-44169: authorization bypass in role-based routine-level privilege check exposes stored routine definitions (bsc#1266441).
- CVE-2026-44170: argument injection in CONNECT REST Xcurl on Windows via unsanitized URL (bsc#1266440).
- CVE-2026-44171: path traversal in mbstream (bsc#1266439).
- CVE-2026-44172: mysql_real_escape_string() incorrectly handled big5 (bsc#1266438).
- CVE-2026-44173: FILE privilege was not checked for subqueries in the FROM clause (bsc#1266437).
- CVE-2026-48163: wsrep SST unsafe parameter handling on the donor side (bsc#1266815).
- CVE-2026-48165: unsafe usage of `wsrep_sst_receive_address` values on the joiner side (bsc#1266814).
- CVE-2026-49261: unsafe parameter handling in `wsrep_notify_cmd` (bsc#1267542).

Changes for mariadb:

- Update to 11.8.8:
https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/11.8/11.8.8 https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/changelogs/11.8/11.8.8
- Update to 11.8.7:
https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/11.8/11.8.7 https://mariadb.com/docs/release-notes/community-server/changelogs/11.8/11.8.7

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 321069

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2330-1.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: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-49261

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44172

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmariadbd19, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmariadbd-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-galera, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb-errormessages, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mariadb

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: 6/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34303, CVE-2026-3494, CVE-2026-35549, CVE-2026-44168, CVE-2026-44169, CVE-2026-44170, CVE-2026-44171, CVE-2026-44172, CVE-2026-44173, CVE-2026-48163, CVE-2026-48165, CVE-2026-49261

IAVA: 2026-A-0287-S, 2026-A-0551

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2330-1

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