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openSUSE 15.6: 2025:02167-1 important: glib2 buffer overflow

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 30, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential patch for glibc on openSUSE addressing integer overflow and buffer overflow security flaws.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for glib2 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-6052: Fixed integer overflow in g_string_maybe_expand() leads to

potential buffer overflow in GString (bsc#1244596).

* CVE-2025-4373: Fixed buffer underflow through glib/gstring.c via function

g_string_insert_unichar (bsc#1242844).

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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-2025-2167=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2167=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2167=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2167=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* gio-branding-upstream-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-lang-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* glib2-devel-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-devel-static-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-tools-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libgio-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libglib-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-debugsource-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libgmodule-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libgio-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-tools-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libgthread-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-tests-devel-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libglib-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libgmodule-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libgobject-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libgobject-2_0-0-debuginfo-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* libgthread-2_0-0-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-doc-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-tests-devel-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* glib2-devel-2.78.6-150600.4.16.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1242844

* bsc#1244596

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4373.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6052.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242844

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244596

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02167-1
Release Date: 2025-06-30T07:14:55Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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