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SUSE Linux 15 SP7 Avahi Moderate Crash Risk Advisory SUSE-SU-2026-1441-1

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Calendar Grey April 17, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for avahi resolves a moderate issue with potential remote access crashes via unsolicited responses.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for avahi fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-24401: avahi-daemon can be crashed via a segmentation fault by sending an unsolicited mDNS response containing a recursive CNAME record (bsc#1257235). ## 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-2026-1441=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-1441=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1441=1 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-1441=1 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE remote access segmentation fault avahi

References

* bsc#1257235

Cross-

* CVE-2026-24401

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-24401 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-24401 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-24401 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24401.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257235

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1441-1
Release Date: 2026-04-17T14:18:38Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE remote access segmentation fault avahi

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