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openSUSE 16: libmariadb-devel / libmariadb3 / libmariadb_plugins / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21409-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 329511

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21409-1 advisory.

 This update for mariadb-connector-c fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-44172: mysql_real_escape_string() incorrectly handled big5 (bsc#1266438).

 Changes for mariadb-connector-c:

 - Update to release 3.4.9.

 - Update to release 3.4.8:

 * Fix compilation with GCC 15
 * CONC-762: always set is_null and length in the bind structure to avoid msan errors
 * CONC-763: add MySQL collation ID 309 (utf8mb4_0900_bin)
 * CONC-764: fix build of ma_context.c on Android (X18 is a platform-reserved register)
 * CONC-766: disable clang -Wcast-function-type-strict for makecontext

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 libmariadb-devel, libmariadb3, libmariadb_plugins and / or libmariadbprivate packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1266438

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44172

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 329511

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21409-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/25/2026

Updated: 7/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44172

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmariadb-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmariadb3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmariadb_plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmariadbprivate

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: 7/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44172