openSUSE 16: cross-aarch64-glibc-devel / cross-ppc64le-glibc-devel / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21968-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 362508

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-2026:21968-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-6368: invalid free via wordexp WRDE_APPEND rollback (bsc#1274726).
- CVE-2026-6791: stack overflow in wordexp tilde expansion (bsc#1274723).
- CVE-2026-8674: reachable assert in `resolv/resolv_conf.c:update_from_conf` allows an attacker in a local network to trigger a process crash (bsc#1281297).
- CVE-2026-18374: heap buffer overflow in the fopen ccs extension (bsc#1277262).
- CVE-2026-19499: buffer overflow in strfmon right-justification padding (bsc#1276892).
- CVE-2026-19542: out-of-bounds array write in tdelete (bsc#1276946).
- CVE-2026-77117: SHIFT_JISX0213 decoding lacks pending character reset (bsc#1277921).
- CVE-2026-80489: EUC_JISX0213 decoding lacks pending character reset (bsc#1277922).
- CVE-2026-86805: TOCTOU race condition in the dynamic loader allows local attackers to escalate privileges (bsc#1282509).

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: Critical

ID: 362508

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21968-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-19499

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6791

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cross-aarch64-glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cross-ppc64le-glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cross-riscv64-glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cross-s390x-glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-gconv-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-locale-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glibc

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: 9/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-18374, CVE-2026-19499, CVE-2026-19542, CVE-2026-6368, CVE-2026-6791, CVE-2026-77117, CVE-2026-80489, CVE-2026-8674, CVE-2026-86805

IAVA: 2026-A-0897

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