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.

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

high Nessus Plugin ID 326966

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Jul 18, 2026, 3:00 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2026-7379, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202607181500
Version 1.1 Jul 15, 2026, 3:14 PM New Plugin Feed: 202607151514