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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nmap (SUSE-SU-2026:3333-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 330555

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:3333-1 advisory.

 This update for nmap fixes the following issue

 - CVE-2026-58058: crafted IPv6 response with a truncated extension header can trigger out-of-bounds reads and a crash (bsc#1269570).

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 nmap package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269570

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58058

http://www.nessus.org/u?a36e5c7f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 330555

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3333-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/29/2026

Updated: 7/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.1

Percentile: 53.65

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-58058

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nmap

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: 7/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-58058

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3333-1