SUSE SLES12 Security Update : multipath-tools (SUSE-SU-2026:3212-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 329291

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:3212-1 advisory.

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues

Update to version 0.7.9+238+suse.1249506.

- kpartx: integer overflow in the GPT partition table size calculation can lead to heap OOB read via crafted USB device or disk image(bsc#1268145).
- kpartx: missing bounds check can lead to a DASD VOL1 unbounded array write via a crafted DASD disk with more than 256 consecutive format labels (bsc#1268144).

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 kpartx, multipath-tools and / or multipath-tools-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 329291

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3212-1.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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kpartx, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:multipath-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:multipath-tools

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

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3212-1

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