SUSE SLES12: libwireshark9 / libwiretap7 / libwscodecs1 / libwsutil8 / wireshark / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:2969-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326966

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2969-1 advisory.

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-5401: AFP dissector crash (bsc#1263756).
- CVE-2026-5403: SBC audio codec crash (bsc#1263765).
- CVE-2026-5404: K12 RF5 file parser crash (bsc#1263766).
- CVE-2026-5406: FC-SWILS dissector crash (bsc#1263754).
- CVE-2026-5407: SMB2 dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263753).
- CVE-2026-5408: BT-DHT dissector crash (bsc#1263752).
- CVE-2026-5653: DCP-ETSI dissector crash (bsc#1263750).
- CVE-2026-6521: OpenFlow v5 protocol dissector infinite loops (bsc#1263744).
- CVE-2026-6522: RPKI-Router protocol dissector infinite loop (bsc#1263743).
- CVE-2026-6527: ASN.1 PER dissector crash (bsc#1263739).
- CVE-2026-6532: Kismet protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263734).
- CVE-2026-6535: Dissection engine zlib decompression crash (bsc#1263731).
- CVE-2026-6538: BEEP dissector crash (bsc#1263728).
- CVE-2026-6870: GSM RP protocol dissector crash (bsc#1263725).
- CVE-2026-7379: Sharkd utility memory leak (bsc#1263758).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326966

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2969-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/15/2026

Updated: 7/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-7379

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwscodecs1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark9, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil8

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: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5401, CVE-2026-5403, CVE-2026-5404, CVE-2026-5406, CVE-2026-5407, CVE-2026-5408, CVE-2026-5653, CVE-2026-6521, CVE-2026-6522, CVE-2026-6527, CVE-2026-6532, CVE-2026-6535, CVE-2026-6538, CVE-2026-6870, CVE-2026-7379

IAVB: 2026-B-0112-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2969-1

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