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openSUSE Leap 15.6 avahi Moderate DoS Issues Fixed 2026-0259-1

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for avahi on openSUSE addresses three vulnerabilities, enhancing system safety.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for avahi fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-68276: Fixed refuse to create wide-area record browsers when wide-

area is off (bsc#1256498)

* CVE-2025-68471: Fixed DoS bug by changing assert to return (bsc#1256500)

* CVE-2025-68468: Fixed DoS bug by removing incorrect assertion (bsc#1256499)

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Topics Covered

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Patch

## 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-2026-259=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-259=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-259=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-259=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2026-259=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* avahi-utils-gtk-debuginfo-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-ui-gtk3-0-debuginfo-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-devel-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libdns_sd-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-ui-gtk3-0-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-gobject0-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* typelib-1_0-Avahi-0_6-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-gobject-devel-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* avahi-glib2-debugsource-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* python3-avahi-gtk-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-qt5-devel-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* avahi-utils-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* avahi-debuginfo-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libdns_sd-debuginfo-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* avahi-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-glib1-debuginfo-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-libevent1-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-core7-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-glib1-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-core7-debuginfo-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libhowl0-debuginfo-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* avahi-utils-gtk-0.8-150600.15.12.1

* libavahi-client3-debuginfo-0.8-150600.15.12.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1256498

* bsc#1256499

* bsc#1256500

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68276.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68468.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68471.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256498

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256499

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256500

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0259-1
Release Date: 2026-01-22T16:11:01Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Desktop Applications 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 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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