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openSUSE 16: coreutils / coreutils-lang / coreutils-single / coreutils-systemd / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22147-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 371100

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:22147-1 advisory.

 This update for coreutils fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-56391: uniq: denial of service and information disclosure via out-of-bounds read with multibyte input (bsc#1272698).

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1272698

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56391

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 371100

File Name: openSUSE-2026-22147-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2026

Updated: 10/23/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-56391

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Threat Score: 1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils-single, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils-systemd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils

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: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56391