SUSE SLES15: rsyslog / rsyslog-module-gssapi / rsyslog-module-gtls / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3442-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 331843

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3442-1 advisory.

This update for rsyslog fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-61548: parsing of crafted RFC 5424 messages in `mmpstrucdata` can lead to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1272414).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331843

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3442-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/4/2026

Updated: 8/4/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.16

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-61548

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gtls, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-ossl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-relp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog

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: 7/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-61548

IAVA: 2026-A-0775

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3442-1

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