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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2026:4598-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 369271

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-2026:4598-1 advisory.

 This update for ghostscript fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-39919: heap-based buffer overflow in the JPEG 2000 output adapter allows attackers to cause memory corruption by supplying crafted PDFs (bsc#1280620).

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 ghostscript, ghostscript-devel and / or ghostscript-x11 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1280620

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-39919

http://www.nessus.org/u?46f1198e

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 369271

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4598-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.34

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39919

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ghostscript

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39919

IAVB: 2026-B-0275

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4598-1