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openSUSE 16: civetweb / civetweb-devel / libcivetweb-cpp1_16_0 / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22284-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 381211

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-2026:22284-1 advisory.

 Changes in civetweb:

 - CVE-2025-55763: heap buffer overflow in the URI parser can be triggered via a crafted HTTP request (boo#1248965)

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 civetweb, civetweb-devel, libcivetweb-cpp1_16_0 and / or libcivetweb1_16_0 packages.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55763

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 381211

File Name: openSUSE-2026-22284-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2026

Updated: 11/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55763

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:civetweb-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:civetweb, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcivetweb-cpp1_16_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcivetweb1_16_0

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: 11/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55763