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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Advisory 2026-21332-1 Low Patch Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE addresses two vulnerabilities and includes important bug fixes to enhance system security.
An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities and has 2 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for patch fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-56288: crafted unified-diff patch file can cause null pointer derefence (bsc#1271167).

- CVE-2026-56289: improper validation of hunk line offsets can lead to denial of service (bsc#1271166).

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-16.0-1236=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service bug fix low OpenSUSE patch issue

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

patch-2.7.6-160000.4.1

References

* bsc#1271166

* bsc#1271167

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56288.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56289.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21332-1
Rating: low
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service bug fix low OpenSUSE patch issue

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