SUSE SLES16: glibc / glibc-devel / glibc-devel-static / glibc-extra / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:23934-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 362572

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-2026:23934-1 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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1274723

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1274726

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276892

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276946

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1277247

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1277262

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1277921

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1277922

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1281297

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1282509

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18374

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19499

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19542

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6368

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6791

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77117

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80489

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8674

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86805

http://www.nessus.org/u?0de5ff34

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 362572

File Name: suse_SU-2026-23934-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-gconv-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux: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

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:23934-1