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openSUSE dpkg Moderate Denial of Service Fix Advisory 2026-20909-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 8, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This update for openSUSE resolves moderate issues with dpkg, addressing CVE-2026-2219 and improving system stability.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for dpkg fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-2219: dpkg-deb: malformed .deb archives can cause a denial of service (bsc#1259385).

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-16.0-894=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service update OpenSUSE dpkg

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

dpkg-1.22.21-160000.3.1

dpkg-devel-1.22.21-160000.3.1

dpkg-lang-1.22.21-160000.3.1

update-alternatives-1.22.21-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1259385

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2219.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20909-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

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