openSUSE 16 Security Update : libkrun (openSUSE-SU-2026:21464-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 331446

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21464-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-24898: openssl: use-after-free in `ssl::select_next_proto` due to improper lifetime handling (bsc#1270429).
- CVE-2026-41676: openssl: short buffer overflow via `Deriver:derive` and `PkeyCtxRef:derive` when using OpenSSL 1.1.1 (bsc#1270198).
- CVE-2026-41677: openssl: out-of-bounds read in PEM password callback when returning an oversized length (bsc#1270582).
- CVE-2026-41678: openssl: OOB write due to incorrect bounds assertion in `aes::unwrap_key()` (bsc#1270683).
- CVE-2026-41681: openssl: stack corruption due to `MdCtxRef::digest_final()` writing past caller buffer with no length check (bsc#1270721).
- CVE-2026-41898: openssl: information leak to network peers due to unchecked callback-returned length in PSK and cookie generate trampolines (bsc#1270831).
- CVE-2026-42327: openssl: undefined behavior in `X509Ref::ocsp_responders` when processing certificates with non-UTF-8 OCSP URLs (bsc#1270470).
- CVE-2026-44662: openssl: heap buffer overflow when encrypting with AES key-wrap-with-padding (bsc#1270877).

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 libkrun-devel, libkrun-sev-devel, libkrun-sev1 and / or libkrun1 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 331446

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21464-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/31/2026

Updated: 7/31/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41677

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:N/A:H

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41681

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkrun-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkrun-sev-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkrun-sev1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkrun1

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: 7/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24898, CVE-2026-41676, CVE-2026-41677, CVE-2026-41678, CVE-2026-41681, CVE-2026-41898, CVE-2026-42327, CVE-2026-44662

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