SUSE SLES12 Security Update : gdb (SUSE-SU-2026:4294-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 349612

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4294-1 advisory.

This update for gdb fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-13732: Out-of-bounds write in STABS parser read_member_functions() via crafted ELF (bsc#1277757).

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 gdb package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 349612

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4294-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.29

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13732

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gdb

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: 9/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-13732

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4294-1

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