Security update for abseil-cpp

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0338-1
Release Date: 2026-01-29T10:35:51Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-0838 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L
  • CVE-2025-0838 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
  • CVE-2025-0838 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2025-0838 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for abseil-cpp fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-0838: Fixed heap buffer overflow in sized constructors, reserve(), and rehash() methods of absl:{flat,node}hash{set,map} (bsc#1237543).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-338=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-338=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-338=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • abseil-cpp-debugsource-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • libabsl2401_0_0-debuginfo-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • abseil-cpp-devel-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • libabsl2401_0_0-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
    • libabsl2401_0_0-32bit-debuginfo-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • libabsl2401_0_0-32bit-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • libabsl2401_0_0-64bit-debuginfo-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • libabsl2401_0_0-64bit-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • abseil-cpp-debugsource-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • libabsl2401_0_0-debuginfo-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • abseil-cpp-devel-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • libabsl2401_0_0-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • libabsl2401_0_0-32bit-debuginfo-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1
    • libabsl2401_0_0-32bit-20240116.3-150600.19.6.1

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