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SUSE SLES12: libipa_hbac-devel / libipa_hbac0 / libsss_certmap0 / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3797-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 341026

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:3797-1 advisory.

 This update for sssd fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-68743: insufficient validation in the PAM responder can lead to an out-of-bounds read and a process crash when a crafted protocol v1 request is processed (bsc#1273925).

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/1273925

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68743

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f711807

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 341026

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3797-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/27/2026

Updated: 8/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-68743

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipa_hbac0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_certmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_nss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_simpleifp0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-sssd-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-common-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd

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: 8/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-68743

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3797-1