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openSUSE: Boost Critical Buffer Overflow Vuln 2025:02536-1

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential security fix for boost in openSUSE tackling buffer overflow vulnerability. Prompt upgrade is necessary for safeguarding.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for boost fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2016-9840: Fixed out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in zlib in beast

(bsc#1245936)

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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 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2536=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2536=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2536=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2536=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2536=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2536=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2536=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2536=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP6-2025-2536=1

* Legacy Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libboost_chrono1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_random1_66_0-debuginfo-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_numpy-py2_7-1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_filesystem1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_log1_66_0-debuginfo-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_locale1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_program_options1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_python-py3-1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_mpi_python-py2_7-1_66_0-debuginfo-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_stacktrace1_66_0-debuginfo-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_wave1_66_0-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_stacktrace1_66_0-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_graph1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_timer1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_mpi1_66_0-debuginfo-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_wave1_66_0-debuginfo-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_mpi1_66_0-devel-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

* libboost_filesystem1_66_0-debuginfo-1.66.0-150200.12.7.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1245936

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9840.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245936

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02536-1
Release Date: 2025-07-28T14:07:39Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Legacy Module 15-SP6 * Legacy Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 * SUSE Manager Server 4.3 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP6 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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