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openSUSE 16 Security Update : distribution (openSUSE-SU-2026:22039-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364342

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:22039-1 advisory.

 This update for distribution fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-63209: github.com/klauspost/compress: signed integer overflow in s2.NewDict() allows an attacker to bypass repeat index validation and cause a process crash (bsc#1283762).

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 distribution-registry package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1283762

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63209

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364342

File Name: openSUSE-2026-22039-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/9/2026

Updated: 10/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.68

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63209

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:distribution-registry

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: 10/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63209