openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-pyasn1 (openSUSE-SU-2026:21392-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 329306

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21392-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-59884: BER/CER/DER decoder denial of service via unbounded long-form tag IDs (bsc#1271464).
- CVE-2026-59885: quadratic complexity in OBJECT IDENTIFIER and RELATIVE-OID processing allows denial of service (bsc#1271465).
- CVE-2026-59886: uncontrolled resource consumption when converting decoded REAL values (bsc#1271466).

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 python313-pyasn1 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 329306

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21392-1.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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.77

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-2026-59886

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-pyasn1

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: 7/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59884, CVE-2026-59885, CVE-2026-59886

Detections

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