SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs (SUSE-SU-2026:4764-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 370398

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4764-1 advisory.

- Denial-of-service in ntfs_inode_attach_all_extents() (bsc#1281758).
- Heap buffer overflow in ntfs_acl_owner() (bsc#1281756).
- Heap buffer overflow in ntfs_check_restart_area() (bsc#1281759).
- Heap buffer overflow in ntfs_ea_check_wsldev() (bsc#1281760).
- Heap buffer overflow in ntfs_external_attr_find() (bsc#1281761).
- Heap buffer overflow in ntfs_same_sid() (bsc#1281757).
- Heap data corruption in ntfs_mapping_pairs_decompress_i() (bsc#1281762).
- Heap out of bounds read/write in ntfs_ie_add_vcn() (bsc#1281763).

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 libntfs-3g-devel, libntfs-3g87, ntfs-3g and / or ntfsprogs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 370398

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4764-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs-3g-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs-3g87, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfs-3g, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfsprogs

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: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4764-1

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