High Exploit Risk Identified in Ubuntu 20.04 PackageSolution Vulnerability
opensuse
January 27, 2026
An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has 3 bug fixes 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)
Patch instructions:
To install this openSUSE security 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 16.0
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-193=1
Topics Covered
Patch
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 16.0:
avahi-0.8-160000.4.1
avahi-autoipd-0.8-160000.4.1
avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.8-160000.4.1
avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel-0.8-160000.4.1
avahi-lang-0.8-160000.4.1
avahi-utils-0.8-160000.4.1
avahi-utils-gtk-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-client3-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-common3-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-core7-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-devel-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-glib-devel-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-glib1-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-gobject-devel-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-gobject0-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-libevent1-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-qt6-1-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-qt6-devel-0.8-160000.4.1
libavahi-ui-gtk3-0-0.8-160000.4.1
libdns_sd-0.8-160000.4.1
libhowl0-0.8-160000.4.1
python3-avahi-gtk-0.8-160000.4.1
python313-avahi-0.8-160000.4.1
typelib-1_0-Avahi-0_6-0.8-160000.4.1
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
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20110-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 16.0
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