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SUSE SLES15: libxml2-2 / libxml2-2-32bit / libxml2-devel / libxml2-tools / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3095-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 327739

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-2026:3095-1 advisory.

 This update for libxml2 fixes the following issue

 - CVE-2026-11979: stack-based buffer overflows in the `xmlcatalog` utility when running in `--shell` mode (bsc#1269790).

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/1269790

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048425.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11979

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 327739

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3095-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2026

Updated: 7/18/2026

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: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.44

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-11979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.8

Threat Score: 0.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2, 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: 7/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-11979

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3095-1