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openSUSE 16: emacs / emacs-el / emacs-eln / emacs-games / emacs-info / emacs-nox / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21711-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 342572

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21711-1 advisory.

 Security issues fixed:

 - Arbitrary code execution when opening a specially crafted file (bsc#1275941).
 - CVE-2026-77219: integer overflow in the PBM/PPM/PGM image loader leads to heap memory content leaks when a crafted image with large dimensions and an elevated max color index is processed (bsc#1276264).
 - CVE-2026-79992: improper argument sanitization in TRAMP leads to arbitrary code execution via crafted filenames (bsc#1275927).

 Other updates and bugfixes:

 - Fix memory leak in wayland port (bsc#1271643).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271643

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1275927

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1275941

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276264

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77219

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79992

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 342572

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21711-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/3/2026

Updated: 9/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-79992

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-77219

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-eln, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-games, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:emacs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:etags

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: 8/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-77219, CVE-2026-79992