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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 Network Management Major Memory Issues Safety Risks

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update available for net-tools addressing one vulnerability and five bug fixes; critical patches recommended.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has five fixes can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for net-tools fixes the following issues: * Fix stack buffer overflow in parse_hex (bsc#1248687, GHSA-h667-qrp8-gj58). * Fix stack-based buffer overflow in proc_gen_fmt (bsc#1248687, GHSA-w7jq- cmw2-cq59). * Avoid unsafe memcpy in ifconfig (bsc#1248687). * Prevent overflow in ax25 and netrom (bsc#1248687) * Keep possibility to enter long interface names, even if they are not accepted by the kernel, because it was always possible up to CVE-2025-46836 fix. But issue a warning about an interface name concatenation (bsc#1248410). ## 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-6.2-454=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE net-tools installation

References

* bsc#1243581

* bsc#1248410

* bsc#1248687

* bsc#142461

* bsc#430864

* bsc#544339

Cross-

* CVE-2025-46836

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-46836 ( SUSE ): 5.8

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

* CVE-2025-46836 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2025-46836 ( NVD ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves one vulnerability and has five fixes can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46836.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243581

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248410

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248687

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142461

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20948-1
Release Date: 2026-03-26T15:12:22Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE net-tools installation

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