SUSE SLES15 Security Update : openssl-3 (SUSE-SU-2026:3502-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 333018

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-2026:3502-1 advisory.

This update for openssl-3 fixes the following issue

- HollowByte: DoS vector against OpenSSL TLS ClientHello via remote, attacker-controlled memory allocations (bsc#1271712).

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 libopenssl-3-devel, libopenssl3 and / or openssl-3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 333018

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3502-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2026

Updated: 8/6/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-3

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: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3502-1

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