SUSE SLES12 Security Update : rsync (SUSE-SU-2026:3629-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 337987

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3629-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-29518: Symlink-Race TOCTOU in Daemon (bsc#1264511).
- CVE-2026-43619: Symlink Race Condition via Path-Based Syscalls (bsc#1264514).

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 rsync package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264511

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264514

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-August/049362.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-29518

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43619

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 337987

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3629-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/19/2026

Updated: 8/19/2026

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: 5

Percentile: 94.26

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-29518

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 8/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29518, CVE-2026-43619

IAVA: 2026-A-0502

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3629-1