Security update for kea

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1378-1
Release Date: 2026-04-16T07:19:46Z
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-3608 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-3608 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-3608 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP7
  • 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 kea fixes the following issues:

Update to release 2.6.5:

  • A large number of bracket pairs in a JSON payload directed to any endpoint would result in a stack overflow, due to recursive calls when parsing the JSON. This has been fixed. (CVE-2026-3608) [bsc#1260380]
  • A null dereference is now no longer possible when configuring the Control Agent with a socket that lacks the mandatory socket-name entry.
  • UNIX sockets are now created as group-writable.
  • Corrected an issue in logging configuration when parsing "syslog:"
  • Earlier Kea versions could crash when handling misconfigured global reservations. This has been fixed.
  • Support for recent versions of Sphinx has been added.

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1378=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP7-2026-1378=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python3-kea-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • kea-debugsource-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • kea-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libkea-log61-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-dhcp_ddns57-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-asiolink72-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-hooks102-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-dhcp++92-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-log61-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-pgsql71-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-cfgclient67-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-util-io0-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-cfgclient67-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-dhcpsrv112-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-dhcp_ddns57-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-eval69-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • kea-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-cc69-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-cc69-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-cryptolink50-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-dns++57-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-dns++57-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-tcp19-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-hooks102-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-exceptions33-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • kea-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-util87-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-cryptolink50-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-eval69-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-pgsql71-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-d2srv47-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-http72-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • kea-debugsource-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-asiodns49-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-stats41-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-util87-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-asiolink72-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-exceptions33-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-mysql71-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • kea-devel-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-d2srv47-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-process76-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-dhcp++92-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-http72-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-mysql71-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-database62-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • kea-hooks-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-process76-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-dhcpsrv112-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-util-io0-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-stats41-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-tcp19-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-asiodns49-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • libkea-database62-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
    • kea-hooks-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • kea-doc-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1

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