Security update for perl-Crypt-URandom

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1170-1
Release Date: 2026-04-02T08:42:08Z
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-2474 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-2474 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-2474 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perl-Crypt-URandom fixes the following issue:

Update to 0.550.0 (0.55):

  • CVE-2026-2474: heap buffer overflow in the XS function crypt_urandom_getrandom() (bsc#1258266).

Changelog:

  • Fix for sysread/read failures. Thanks to Miha Purg for GH#20.
  • Fix for test suite failures on STDOUT encoding. Thanks to Lukas Mai for GH#19.

For full changelog see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Crypt-URandom/Changes.

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 Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-1170=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-1170=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perl-Crypt-URandom-0.550.0-1.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
    • perl-Crypt-URandom-0.550.0-1.6.1

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