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openSUSE 16 Security Update : bzip2 (openSUSE-SU-2026:21762-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 343939

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21762-1 advisory.

 This update for bzip2 fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-42250: off-by-one error in the `bzip2recover` utility when processing a specially crafted file can lead to a crash (bsc#1266786).

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 bzip2, libbz2-1, libbz2-1-x86-64-v3 and / or libbz2-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1266786

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42250

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 343939

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21762-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2026

Updated: 9/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bzip2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbz2-1-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbz2-1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbz2-devel

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: 9/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42250