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openSUSE Leap 16.0 freeipmi Important DoS Buffer Overflow Vuln 2026-21088-1

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This important update addresses a denial of service risk in freeipmi for openSUSE Leap 16.0.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for freeipmi fixes the following issue

- CVE-2026-50031: denial of service via buffer overflow in ipmi-oem client (bsc#1267605).

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-16.0-953=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow important OpenSUSE freeipmi

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

freeipmi-1.6.15-160000.4.1

freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-1.6.15-160000.4.1

freeipmi-devel-1.6.15-160000.4.1

freeipmi-ipmidetectd-1.6.15-160000.4.1

freeipmi-ipmiseld-1.6.15-160000.4.1

libfreeipmi17-1.6.15-160000.4.1

libipmiconsole2-1.6.15-160000.4.1

libipmidetect0-1.6.15-160000.4.1

libipmimonitoring6-1.6.15-160000.4.1

References

* bsc#1267605

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50031.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21088-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow important OpenSUSE freeipmi

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