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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 FreeIPMI Important Memory Handling Issue 21231-1

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Calendar Grey April 22, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 receives an important update for FreeIPMI to fix memory handling issues and improve stability.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for freeipmi fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-33554: improper memory handling and data validation can lead to stack buffer overflows and acceptance of malformed payloads/responses (bsc#1260414). ## 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: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-579=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 x86_64) * libfreeipmi17-debuginfo-1.6.15-160000.3.1 * freeipmi-debugsource-1.6.15-160000.3.1 * libfreeipmi17-1.6.15-160000.3.1 * freeipmi-debuginfo-1.6.15-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE important memory handling freeipmi

References

* bsc#1260414

Cross-

* CVE-2026-33554

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-33554 ( SUSE ): 5.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-33554 ( SUSE ): 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2026-33554 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33554.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260414

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21231-1
Release Date: 2026-04-17T07:57:36Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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