openSUSE 16 Security Update : perl-DBI (openSUSE-SU-2026:21293-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 326671

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-2026:21293-1 advisory.

This update for perl-DBI fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-14380: unvalidated string eval interpolation of the Profile package name can lead to arbitrary Perl code execution (bsc#1271018).
- CVE-2026-14740: one-byte out-of-bounds read when deleting an initial SQL comment line can lead to a process crash (bsc#1271017).

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 perl-DBI package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 326671

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21293-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 7/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-14380

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:H/I:N/A:H

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-14740

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-14380, CVE-2026-14740

Detections

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