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openSUSE 16 Security Update : libnfs (openSUSE-SU-2026:21055-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 324074

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21055-1 advisory.

 This update for libnfs fixes the following issue

 - CVE-2026-53689: integer overflow during a connection to a crafted NFS server (bsc#1268135).

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 libnfs-devel, libnfs14 and / or utils-libnfs packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1268135

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53689

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 324074

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21055-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53689

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnfs14, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:utils-libnfs

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: 6/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53689