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openSUSE Avahi Moderate Denial of Service Vulnerability CVE-2025-68276

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Avahi update resolves three issues, significantly improving system functionality and security. Install now to stay safe.
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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-577=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-577=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-577=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-577=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-577=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-577=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libavahi-common3-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-core7-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-core7-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-client3-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* avahi-debugsource-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-common3-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-client3-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* avahi-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* avahi-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libavahi-common3-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-core7-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-core7-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-client3-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* avahi-debugsource-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-common3-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-client3-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* avahi-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* avahi-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libavahi-common3-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-core7-0.8-150400.7.26.1

* libavahi-core7-debuginfo-0.8-150400.7.26.1

*...

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-2026:0577-1
Release Date: 2026-02-18T15:49:25Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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