SUSE SLES12: libopenssl-1_0_0-devel / libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:4762-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 370396

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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-2026:4762-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-54874: Excessive Memory Use Buffering DTLS Records for a Future Epoch (bsc#1274795).

Changes for openssl-1_0_0:

- Security fixes in August 2026 release (bsc#1274774)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 370396

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4762-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

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: 3

Percentile: 23.6

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-2026-54874

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:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-1_0_0-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-1_0_0-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_0_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_0_0-hmac, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_0_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_0_0-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_0_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: 10/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54874

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4762-1

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