SUSE SLES15: libipa_hbac-devel / libipa_hbac0 / libsss_certmap-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:5079-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 376270

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:5079-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-12610: cancelled or completed PAM request while the asynchronous child process is still running can lead to a use-after-free (bsc#1269807).
- CVE-2026-68742: unvalidated address lengths in NSS responder packet parsing can cause a heap out-of- bounds read (bsc#1273922).
- CVE-2026-68743: oversized length parameters in authentication requests can cause heap out-of-bounds reads (bsc#1273925).
- CVE-2026-68744: unshrunk packet allocations during group resolution can allow uninitialized heap memory disclosure (bsc#1273924).
- CVE-2026-90462: Fail-open in LDAP ppolicy access check allows continued authorization (bsc#1282584).
- CVE-2026-90463: out-of-bounds read in the NSS service request parsers (bsc#1280360).
- CVE-2026-90994: out-of-bounds read in PAM v1 parser (bsc#1280361).
- CVE-2026-90995: NULL pointer dereference in PAM responder (bsc#1280362).
- CVE-2026-90996: zero-length request body underflow in the NSS responder (bsc#1280363).
- CVE-2026-92821: access control bypass due to premature LDAP access rule evaluation (bsc#1284326).
- CVE-2026-104029: denial of service due to out-of-bounds read in autofs responder (bsc#1284314).
- CVE-2026-104031: denial of service via memory exhaustion in autofs responder (bsc#1284316).
- CVE-2026-104033: access control bypass due to improper LDAP shadow expiration check (bsc#1284318).
- CVE-2026-104036: denial of service due to out-of-bounds write in NFS idmap plugin (bsc#1284321).
- CVE-2026-104037: denial of service due to packet length underflow in autofs responder (bsc#1284322).
- CVE-2026-104038: denial of service via missing SID extension in certificate mapping (bsc#1284323).
- CVE-2026-104039: denial of service due to stale connection state reuse in PAM GSSAPI responder (bsc#1284324).
- CVE-2026-104043: Denial of Service via undersized packet parsing in NSS responder (bsc#1284266).
- CVE-2026-104045: denial of service via race condition in autofs responder (bsc#1284470).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 376270

File Name: suse_SU-2026-5079-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/5/2026

Updated: 11/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-68743

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipa_hbac0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_certmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_nss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_simpleifp0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-sssd-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd

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: 11/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-104029, CVE-2026-104031, CVE-2026-104033, CVE-2026-104036, CVE-2026-104037, CVE-2026-104038, CVE-2026-104039, CVE-2026-104043, CVE-2026-104045, CVE-2026-12610, CVE-2026-68742, CVE-2026-68743, CVE-2026-68744, CVE-2026-90462, CVE-2026-90463, CVE-2026-90994, CVE-2026-90995, CVE-2026-90996, CVE-2026-92821

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:5079-1

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