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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 gpg2 Important Memory Corruption Vuln 2026-20108-1

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important security update for gpg2 addresses memory corruption vulnerabilities in SUSE Micro 6.2.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for gpg2 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-68973: out-of-bounds write when processing specially crafted input in the armor parser can lead to memory corruption (bsc#1255715). Other security fixes: * gpg: Avoid potential downgrade to SHA1 in 3rd party key signatures (bsc#1256246). * gpg: Error out on unverified output for non-detached signatures (bsc#1256244). * gpg: Deprecate the option --not-dash-escaped (bsc#1256390). ## 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-6.2-138=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

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Topics Covered

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References

* bsc#1255715

* bsc#1256244

* bsc#1256246

* bsc#1256390

Cross-

* CVE-2025-68973

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-68973 ( SUSE ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-68973 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-68973 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes can now be

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68973.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255715

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256244

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256246

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256390

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20108-1
Release Date: 2026-01-14T10:21:38Z
Rating: important

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