SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-urllib3 (SUSE-SU-2026:0367-2)
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2026:0367-2. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
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"The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0367-2 advisory.
- CVE-2025-66471: excessive resource consumption via decompression of highly compressed data in Streaming
API (bsc#1254867).
- CVE-2025-66418: resource exhaustion via unbounded number of links in the decompression chain
(bsc#1254866).
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.");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048661.html");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-66471");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
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if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES15|SLES_SAP15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES15 / SLES_SAP15', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
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if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
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if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5|6)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP4/5/6", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
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{'reference':'python311-urllib3-2.0.7-150400.7.27.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.4']},
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port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
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var tested = pkg_tests_get();
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24 Jul 2026 00:00Current
7.1High risk
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CVSS 3.17.5
CVSS 48.9
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