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openSUSE 16: freeciv / freeciv-gtk3 / freeciv-gtk4 / freeciv-lang / freeciv-qt / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21800-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 343949

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-2026:21800-1 advisory.

 Changes in freeciv:

 - freeciv 3.2.6:
 * Fix Heap Buffer Overflow in worklist_load() via Crafted Save File (boo#1278695)
 * Fix Out-of-Bounds Read in activities.order[] via Crafted Save File (boo#1278696)
 * Fix some unit move legality checks and path finding issues
 * Improve logging about player authentication
 * Fix infinite audio loop in the client exit with the SDL3 audio
 * Fix issue with displayed turns to grow for the city to be wrong after city shrank
 * Made tech tree not to show buildings or governments which tech actually makes unavailable
 * Bug fixes, translation updates, docummentation updates

 - freeciv 3.2.5:
 * Fix No First City vs Currently has cities inconsistency on savegame loading
 * AI: Enable rampage with more attack types
 * Fixed floating point exception at air unit handling
 * Clients: Display NeverProtects unit help in correct place
 * gtk4: Fixed city trading
 * qt: Fixed Save Options pn Exit toggle
 * Miscellaneous changes to developer/install/ruleset docs
 * Corrected encoding of the Hungarian translation
 * Compatibility fixes for glibc-2.43, g++16, Qt-6.11

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/1278695

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1278696

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 343949

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21800-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2026

Updated: 9/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeciv-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeciv-gtk4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeciv-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeciv-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeciv-sdl2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:freeciv

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: 9/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2026