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openSUSE perl-DBI Important Heap Overflow Fix 2026-21029-1

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Urgent security update for openSUSE Leap 16.0 addressing two important vulnerabilities in perl-DBI, patch installed now.
An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities and has 2 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for perl-DBI fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-9698: DBI versions before 1.648 for Perl saved errors in a limited-sized buffer (bsc#1267957).

- CVE-2026-10879: SQL statements with more than 9 binders can cause an heap overflow (bsc#1267849).

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-16.0-1041=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important heap overflow OpenSUSE perl-DBI

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

perl-DBI-1.647.0-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1267849

* bsc#1267957

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10879.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9698.html

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21029-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important heap overflow OpenSUSE perl-DBI

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