SUSE SLES12: libwireshark9 / libwiretap7 / libwscodecs1 / libwsutil8 / wireshark / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3995-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 348420

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3995-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-15163: Denial of Service via multiple protocol dissector infinite loops (bsc#1271133).
- CVE-2026-15164: Denial of Service vulnerability in ciscodump (bsc#1271134).
- CVE-2026-15167: Denial of Service via DBS Etherwatch file parser crash (bsc#1271137).
- CVE-2026-15169: Denial of Service via UMTS FP protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271139).
- CVE-2026-15172: Denial of service via FMP/NOTIFY protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271142).
- CVE-2026-15174: Denial of Service via Catapult DCT2000 protocol dissector crash (bsc#1271144).

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 348420

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3995-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/21/2026

Updated: 9/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark9, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwscodecs1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15163, CVE-2026-15164, CVE-2026-15167, CVE-2026-15169, CVE-2026-15172, CVE-2026-15174

IAVB: 2026-B-0191-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3995-1

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