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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 ncurses Moderate Buffer Overflow Fix 2026-21261-1

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Calendar Grey April 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical SUSE update resolves buffer overflow in ncurses, patching vulnerability CVE-2025-69720 with recommended installation methods.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for ncurses fixes the following issue: * CVE-2025-69720: buffer overflow in function `analyze_string()`of `progs/infocmp.c` (bsc#1259924). ## 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-6.1-500=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * ncurses-utils-6.4.20240224-slfo.1.1_2.1 * terminfo-base-6.4.20240224-slfo.1.1_2.1 * ncurses-debugsource-6.4.20240224-slfo.1.1_2.1 * libncurses6-6.4.20240224-slfo.1.1_2.1 * libncurses6-debuginfo-6.4.20240224-slfo.1.1_2.1 * ncurses-utils-debuginfo-6.4.20240224-slfo.1.1_2.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE ncurses cve-2025-69720

References

* bsc#1259924

Cross-

* CVE-2025-69720

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-69720 ( SUSE ): 1.8

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

* CVE-2025-69720 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2025-69720 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-69720 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

* CVE-2025-69720 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-69720.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259924

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21261-1
Release Date: 2026-04-21T08:29:18Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE ncurses cve-2025-69720

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