Security update for net-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20948-1
Release Date: 2026-03-26T15:12:22Z
Rating: moderate
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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 6.2

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

Description:

This update for net-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Fix stack buffer overflow in parse_hex (bsc#1248687, GHSA-h667-qrp8-gj58).
  • Fix stack-based buffer overflow in proc_gen_fmt (bsc#1248687, GHSA-w7jq-cmw2-cq59).
  • Avoid unsafe memcpy in ifconfig (bsc#1248687).
  • Prevent overflow in ax25 and netrom (bsc#1248687)
  • Keep possibility to enter long interface names, even if they are not accepted by the kernel, because it was always possible up to CVE-2025-46836 fix. But issue a warning about an interface name concatenation (bsc#1248410).

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 6.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-454=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • net-tools-debuginfo-2.10-160000.3.1
    • net-tools-debugsource-2.10-160000.3.1
    • net-tools-2.10-160000.3.1

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