This update for kea fixes the following issues:
Update to 3.0.3:
- CVE-2025-11232: invalid characters cause assert (bsc#1252863).
- CVE-2026-3608: stack overflow via maliciously crafted message (bsc#1260380).
Changelog:
* A large number of bracket pairs in a JSON payload directed to
any endpoint would result in a stack overflow, due to recursive
calls when parsing the JSON. This has been fixed.
(CVE-2026-3608)
[bsc#1260380]
* When a hostname or FQDN received from a client is reduced to an
empty string by hostname sanitizing, kea-dhcp4 and kea-dhcp6
will now drop the option.
(CVE-2025-11232)
[bsc#1252863]
* A null dereference is now no longer possible when configuring
the Control Agent with a socket that lacks the mandatory
socket-name entry.
* UNIX sockets are now created as group-writable.
* Removed logging an error in ping check hook library if using
lease cache treshold.
* Fixed deadlock in ping-check hooks library.
* Fixed a data race in ping-check hooks...
Read the Full Advisory- openSUSE Leap 16.0:
kea-3.0.3-160000.1.1
kea-devel-3.0.3-160000.1.1
kea-doc-3.0.3-160000.1.1
kea-hooks-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-asiodns62-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-asiolink88-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-cc83-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-cfgrpt3-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-config84-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-cryptolink64-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-d2srv63-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-database76-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-dhcp109-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-dhcp_ddns68-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-dhcpsrv131-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-dns71-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-eval84-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-exceptions45-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-hooks121-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-http87-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-log-interprocess3-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-log75-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-mysql88-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-pgsql88-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-process91-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-stats53-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-tcp33-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-util-io12-3.0.3-160000.1.1
libkea-util102-3.0.3-160000.1.1
python3-kea-3.0.3-160000.1.1
* bsc#1252863
* bsc#1260380
References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11232.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3608.html
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