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SUSE SLED15: python3-rpm / python311-rpm / rpm / rpm-32bit / rpm-build / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3600-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 335090

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3600-1 advisory.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2026-44605: heap buffer overflow in NDB database backend due to unchecked 32-bit arithmetic when parsing the slot table (bsc#1269584).

 Other updates and bugfixes:

 - Fix `libelf` handle not being closed, resulting in build errors when using a NFS buildroot (bsc#1240054).

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1240054

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269584

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44605

http://www.nessus.org/u?1d9482aa

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 335090

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3600-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44605

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:python3-rpm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-rpm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rpm-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rpm-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rpm-imaevmsign, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rpm-ndb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rpm

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: 8/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44605

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3600-1