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openSUSE 16.0 Perl List SomeUtils XS Severe Buffer Overflow CVE-2026-21218

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 3, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Important update for openSUSE fixing a heap overflow in perl-List-SomeUtils-XS, enhancing system security against vulnerabilities.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for perl-List-SomeUtils-XS fixes the following issue

- CVE-2026-12844: heap buffer overflow in the `pairwise` function (bsc#1269210).

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-16.0-1144=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important heap overflow OpenSUSE perl-List-SomeUtils-XS

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

perl-List-SomeUtils-XS-0.58-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1269210

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12844.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21218-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important heap overflow OpenSUSE perl-List-SomeUtils-XS

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