SUSE 15 SP7 Avahi Moderate DoS Issues 2026-0259-1 CVE-2025-68276
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January 23, 2026
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for avahi fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-68276: Fixed refuse to create wide-area record browsers when wide- area is off (bsc#1256498) * CVE-2025-68471: Fixed DoS bug by changing assert to return (bsc#1256500) * CVE-2025-68468: Fixed DoS bug by removing incorrect assertion (bsc#1256499) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 15.6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-259=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-259=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-259=1 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-259=1
References
* bsc#1256498
* bsc#1256499
* bsc#1256500
Cross-
* CVE-2025-68276
* CVE-2025-68468
* CVE-2025-68471
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2025-68276 ( SUSE ): 6.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2025-68276 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-68276 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-68468 ( SUSE ): 7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2025-68468 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-68468 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-68471 ( SUSE ): 7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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