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SUSE SLES16: glib2-devel / glib2-devel-static / glib2-doc / glib2-lang / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:23980-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 363094

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:23980-1 advisory.

 This update for glib2 fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-15588: GDBusServer pre-authentication DoS via unbounded SASL line buffering (bsc#1272206).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1272206

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15588

http://www.nessus.org/u?5fd93a13

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 363094

File Name: suse_SU-2026-23980-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.32

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15588

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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:glib2-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glib2-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glib2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgio-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgirepository-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libglib-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgmodule-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgobject-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgthread-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-gio-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-girepository-3_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-glib-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-glibunix-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-gmodule-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-gobject-2_0

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: 9/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15588

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:23980-1