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SUSE SLES15: libopenssl-3-devel / libopenssl-3-fips-provider / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3004-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 327321

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3004-1 advisory.

 This update for openssl-3 fixes the following issue

 - CVE-2026-42767: NULL Pointer Dereference in CRMF EncryptedValue Decryption (bsc#1266350).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1266350

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048261.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42767

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 327321

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3004-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2026

Updated: 7/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42767

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-3-fips-provider, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-3-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 7/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42767

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3004-1