openSUSE 2026-0110-1 perl-Crypt-URandom Important Heap Overflow Solution
opensuse
March 31, 2026
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for perl-Crypt-URandom fixes the following issues:
- updated to 0.550.0 (0.55) see
/usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Crypt-URandom/Changes 0.55 Tue Feb 17
07:01:43 2026
- Fix for sysread/read failures. Thanks to Miha Purg for GH#20
- Fix for test suite failures on STDOUT encoding. Thanks to Lukas
Mai for GH#19
- CVE-2026-2474: Fix for heap buffer overflow in the XS function
crypt_urandom_getrandom() (boo#1258266)
- updated to 0.540.0 (0.54) see
/usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Crypt-URandom/Changes 0.54 Sat Mar 15
20:37:13 2025
- Reverse solaris changes and remove errstr checks. Thanks to
eserte for GH#18
Patch
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 Backports SLE-15-SP7:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-110=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
perl-Crypt-URandom-0.550.0-bp157.2.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2474.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258266
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0110-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7
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