SUSE SLES12 Security Update : multipath-tools (SUSE-SU-2026:4093-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 348401

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4093-1 advisory.

- Heap Out-of-Bounds Read in Custom Format String Parser via Trailing `%` (bsc#1277205).
- Path traversal in device-mapper-multipath failed_wwids management (bsc#1277210).
- SCSI PRIN READ FULL STATUS responses can cause heap buffer overflows (bsc#1277212).
- Local Denial of Service via Blocking IPC Send Operations (bsc#1277199).
- Heap Out-of-Bounds Read in GPT Header Validation (bsc#1277209).
- DoS on multipathd socket by exhausting connections (bsc#1277203).
- Heap out-of-bounds read in device-mapper-multipath ALUA RTPG parsing (bsc#1277208).

Changes for multipath-tools:

- Update to version 0.7.9+256+suse.60d6bf4.
- Add missing NULL check in DM parser (gh#opensvc/multipath-tools#155).

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 kpartx, multipath-tools and / or multipath-tools-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 348401

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4093-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/21/2026

Updated: 9/21/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kpartx, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:multipath-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:multipath-tools

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: 9/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2026

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4093-1

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