SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : aspell (SUSE-SU-2026:5134-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 378045

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:5134-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-75818: heap-based buffer overflow in the decompressor in `prog/prezip.c` can lead to memory corruption and process crash (bsc#1284337).
- CVE-2026-75819: out-of-bounds read in `ReadOnlyDict::load()` of `readonly_ws.cpp` can lead to heap memory disclosure or application crash (bsc#1284338).
- CVE-2026-75820: integer truncation in `WritableDict::add() ` of ` modules/speller/default/writable.cpp` can lead to heap corruption (bsc#1284339).
- CVE-2026-103658: Arbitrary code execution via crafted dictionary file (bsc#1285066).

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 aspell, aspell-devel, libaspell15 and / or libpspell15 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 378045

File Name: suse_SU-2026-5134-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/10/2026

Updated: 11/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.44

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-75820

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-103658

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.8

Threat Score: 0.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:aspell-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:aspell, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libaspell15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpspell15

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: 11/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-103658, CVE-2026-75818, CVE-2026-75819, CVE-2026-75820

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:5134-1

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