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openSUSE 16: libipa_hbac-devel / libipa_hbac0 / libnfsidmap-sss / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21748-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 343953
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-2026:21748-1 advisory.Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2026-68742: insufficient validation in the NSS responder can lead to an out-of-bounds read and a process crash when a crafted GETHOSTBYADDR request is sent to the NSS responder socket (bsc#1273922).
- 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).
- CVE-2026-68744: improper memory management in the NSS responder can lead to uninitialized heap memory disclosure from the `sssd_nss` process (bsc#1273924).
Other updates and bugfixes:
- Add `systemd-tmpfiles` configuration file to populate `/var/lib/sss` with the correct permissions on transactional servers (bsc#1274748).
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/1273009
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1273922
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1273924
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1273925
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1274748
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68742
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 343953
File Name: openSUSE-2026-21748-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/9/2026
Updated: 9/9/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.5
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:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libipa_hbac0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnfsidmap-sss, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsss_certmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsss_nss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-ipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-sss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-sssd-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-cifs-idmap-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse: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: 9/3/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2026