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openSUSE 16 Security Update : nm-configurator (openSUSE-SU-2026:21428-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 329721

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21428-1 advisory.

 This update for nm-configurator fixes the following issue

 Update to version 0.3.5.

 Security issue fixed:

 - CVE-2026-25541: bytes: integer overflow in `BytesMut:reserve` can lead to undefined behavior and crashes (bsc#1271392).

 Other updates and bugfixes:

 - Version 0.3.5:
 * Bump `version` to v0.3.5 (#206)
 * Bump `clap` 4.5.53 (#205)
 * Bump `actions/checkout` to 6 (#204)
 * Bump `nmstate` to 2.2.55 (#203)
 * Fix for issue #198 VLAN interface renaming (#201)
 * Bump `serde` to 1.0.228 (#196)
 * Bump `anyhow` to 1.0.100 (#194)

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 nm-configurator package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271392

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25541

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 329721

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21428-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/25/2026

Updated: 7/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.16

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nm-configurator

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25541