SUSE SLES16 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2026:23871-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 350830

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:23871-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-49275: Out of bounds read in CrwMap::decodeBasic (bsc#1277791).
- CVE-2026-68546: Heap out-of-bounds read in RemoteIo when reading block-aligned remote CRW files (bsc#1277579).
- CVE-2026-68547: Heap out-of-bounds write in RemoteIo when reading from a malicious remote server (bsc#1277591).

Changes for exiv2:

- update to 0.28.9:
* https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-3695-mjv8-3r52
* https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-jcgh-p9v3-pw6j
* https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-hxph-pv7w-8649
* https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-vg6c-9f6h-4x5q
* https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-9v3x-mhg4-wwv2
* https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-fgw8-p7pr-37cp
* https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/security/advisories/GHSA-pwvq-9w4q-786w

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 libexiv2-28 and / or libexiv2-28-x86-64-v3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 350830

File Name: suse_SU-2026-23871-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/27/2026

Updated: 9/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.71

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.7

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-68546

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-28-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexiv2-28

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: 9/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-49275, CVE-2026-68546, CVE-2026-68547

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:23871-1

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