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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 gpg2 Important Memory Corruption Fix 2026-20356-1

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important update for gpg2 addresses one critical issue and four additional fixes to enhance security on SUSE systems.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has four 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). * agent: Fix a memory leak (bsc#1256243). * 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 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-374=1 ## Package List:

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References

* bsc#1255715

* bsc#1256243

* 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 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability and has four 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=1256243

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20356-1
Release Date: 2026-01-14T09:32:14Z
Rating: important

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