Security update for net-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20566-1
Release Date: 2025-08-21T08:20:56Z
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-46836 ( SUSE ): 5.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-46836 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2025-46836 ( NVD ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for net-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Provide more readable error for interface name size checking (bsc#1243581)

  • Perform bound checks when parsing interface labels in /proc/net/dev (bsc#1243581, bsc#1246608. CVE-2025-46836)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-431=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • net-tools-debugsource-2.10-3.1
    • net-tools-debuginfo-2.10-3.1
    • net-tools-2.10-3.1

References: