openSUSE 16 Security Update : haproxy (openSUSE-SU-2026:21245-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 326036

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-2026:21245-1 advisory.

This update for haproxy fixes the following issues

- Update to version 3.2.21+git0.dbe43be37
- CVE-2026-55203: integer overflow vulnerability in the fcgi_conn structure's drl field that allows buffer misparse as new FCGI record headers (bsc#1268557).
- CVE-2026-55204: null pointer dereference vulnerability in hpack_dht_insert() within src/hpack-tbl.c (bsc#1268558).

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 haproxy package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 326036

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21245-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55203

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:N/I:H/A:H

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Threat Score: 6.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:haproxy

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: 7/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55203, CVE-2026-55204

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