openSUSE 16: libtesseract5 / libtesseract5-x86-64-v3 / tesseract-ocr / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21957-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 350763

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-2026:21957-1 advisory.

Changes in tesseract-ocr:

- Update to version 5.5.3 (sync with Factory):
* CVE-2026-73067: heap out-of-bounds read in SquishedDawg on crafted model (boo#1275623)
* CVE-2026-88047: stack buffer overflow in Classify::ReadNormProtos on crafted traineddata (boo#1280925)
* CVE-2026-88048: heap out-of-bounds write/read in FullyConnected::Forward via dimension mismatch (boo#1280929)
* CVE-2026-88049: heap out-of-bounds write in LSTM::Forward via na_/gate-matrix dimension mismatch (boo#1280930)
* CVE-2026-88050: out-of-bounds write in UnicharCompress via unvalidated recoder code values (boo#1280931)
* CVE-2026-88051: heap out-of-bounds write in GenericVector<T>::read via reserved/size_used_ mismatch (boo#1280932)
* CVE-2026-88052: heap out-of-bounds write in UNICHARSET::load_via_fgets via count/insert desynchronization (boo#1280933)
* CVE-2026-88053: heap out-of-bounds write in Classify::ReadIntTemplates via unvalidated counts in crafted traineddata (boo#1280934)
* CVE-2026-88054: denial of service via empty-stack dereference at model load (boo#1280935)

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: 350763

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21957-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/26/2026

Updated: 9/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-88053

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtesseract5-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libtesseract5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tesseract-ocr-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tesseract-ocr-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tesseract-ocr

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: 9/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-73067, CVE-2026-88047, CVE-2026-88048, CVE-2026-88049, CVE-2026-88050, CVE-2026-88051, CVE-2026-88052, CVE-2026-88053, CVE-2026-88054

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