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SUSE connectivity tool iproute2 Potential DDoS Risk SUSE-SU-2026-1450-5

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Calendar Grey April 17, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
This update resolves a low-severity denial of service issue in iproute2 for SUSE systems. Stay secure with updates.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for iproute2 fixes the following issue: * CVE-2024-58251: denial of service via terminal escape sequences (bsc#1254324). ## 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-2026-1418=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1418=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * iproute2-arpd-debuginfo-6.4-150600.7.12.1 * libnetlink-devel-6.4-150600.7.12.1 * iproute2-6.4-150600.7.12.1 * iproute2-debugsource-6.4-150600.7.12.1 * iproute2-bash-completion-6.4-150600.7.12.1

References

* bsc#1254324

Cross-

* CVE-2024-58251

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-58251 ( SUSE ): 2.4

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

* CVE-2024-58251 ( SUSE ): 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2024-58251 ( NVD ): 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* Basesystem 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

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-58251.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254324

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1418-1
Release Date: 2026-04-16T16:43:07Z
Rating: low

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