SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libXfont2 (SUSE-SU-2026:2793-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326008

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2793-1 advisory.

This update for libXfont2 fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-56001: integer overflow in `BitmapScaleBitmaps` can lead to a heap buffer overflow (bsc#1269018).
- CVE-2026-56002: insufficient checks in `pcfReadFont` can lead to a heap buffer overflow (bsc#1269019).
- CVE-2026-56003: missing bounds check in `ComputeScaledProperties` can lead to a heap buffer overflow (bsc#1269020).

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 libXfont2-2 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326008

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2793-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56003

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:libxfont2-2

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: 7/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56001, CVE-2026-56002, CVE-2026-56003

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2793-1

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