SUSE SLES12 Security Update : fetchmail (SUSE-SU-2026:4567-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364322

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4567-1 advisory.

This update for fetchmail fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-94184: stack-based buffer overflow in NTLM authentication can lead to remote code execution or process termination (bsc#1282055).

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 fetchmail and / or fetchmailconf packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364322

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4567-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/9/2026

Updated: 10/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-94184

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fetchmail, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fetchmailconf

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: 10/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-94184

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4567-1

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