SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs (SUSE-SU-2026:3213-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 329286

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3213-1 advisory.

This update for ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-42616: heap buffer overflow in cat() in cat.c (bsc#1271102).
- CVE-2026-42617: heap buffer overflow in ntfs_ir_to_ib() in index.c (bsc#1271103).
- CVE-2026-42618: heap buffer overflow in ntfs_decompress() in compress.c (bsc#1271104).
- CVE-2026-46569: heap buffer overflow in ntfs_ib_copy_tail() in libntfs-3g/index.c (bsc#1271105).
- CVE-2026-46570: heap buffer overflow exists in ntfs_index_walk_down() in libntfs-3g/index.c (bsc#1271106).
- CVE-2026-46571: out-of-bounds read in ntfs_fix_file_name() in libntfs-3g/reparse.c (bsc#1271107).
- CVE-2026-46572: heap buffer overflow in ntfs_ib_cut_tail() in libntfs-3g/index.c (bsc#1271108).
- CVE-2026-56135: heap-based buffer overflow in build_inherited_id() in libntfs-3g/security.c (bsc#1271109).
- CVE-2026-56136: out-of-bounds read in ntfs_ir_nill() in libntfs-3g/index.c (bsc#1271110).

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 libntfs-3g-devel package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 329286

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3213-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/24/2026

Updated: 7/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.89

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56135

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs-3g-devel

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: 7/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42616, CVE-2026-42617, CVE-2026-42618, CVE-2026-46569, CVE-2026-46570, CVE-2026-46571, CVE-2026-46572, CVE-2026-56135, CVE-2026-56136

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3213-1

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