SUSE SLES15 Security Update : openssl-3 (SUSE-SU-2026:4412-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 362811

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4412-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-35189: Excessive Memory Allocation in Relative CRLDP Processing (bsc#1280589).
- CVE-2026-54872: Timing Side-Channel in Scalar Multiplication for Non-NIST EC Curves (bsc#1280591).
- CVE-2026-75805: NULL Pointer Dereference in CMP Client Revocation Response Handling (bsc#1280596).
- CVE-2026-75806: Unauthenticated and Undersized DTLS 1.2 AEAD Record Causes DoS (bsc#1280597).
- CVE-2026-77696: Timing Side-Channel in SM2 Signature Generation (bsc#1280598).
- CVE-2026-84782: DTLS Retransmits Handshake Messages From a Stale Buffer Offset (bsc#1280587).

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 libopenssl-3-devel, libopenssl3 and / or openssl-3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 362811

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4412-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/3/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

Percentile: 96.46

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-84782

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-3

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: 10/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35189, CVE-2026-54872, CVE-2026-75805, CVE-2026-75806, CVE-2026-77696, CVE-2026-84782

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4412-1

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