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openSUSE 16 Security Update : lrzip (openSUSE-SU-2026:21179-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 324884
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21179-1 advisory.Changes in lrzip:
- Update to version 0.660:
* Do not clean up thread structures in decompression failure conditions, fixing a use-after-free in lzma_decompress_buf() and a NULL pointer dereference in ucompthread() on corrupt/malicious archives (CVE-2025-15570, boo#1258016; CVE-2025-15571, boo#1258023)
* Handle -L given without a parameter, fixing a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2025-9396, boo#1248598)
* Add write bounds checking in libzpaq and sanity checks for maliciously encoded headers and oversized allocations
* Various STDIO, portability and build fixes (OpenBSD support, non-x86 zpaq, autoconf warnings); drop Doxygen doc build
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 lrzip package.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1248598
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258016
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258023
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15570
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 324884
File Name: openSUSE-2026-21179-1.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/2/2026
Updated: 7/6/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.49
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15570
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Threat Score: 1.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9396
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:lrzip
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: 6/30/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2025