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SUSE Linux 12 SP5 perl-Crypt-URandom Important Heap Overflow 2026-1170-1

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Calendar Grey April 2, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE updates perl-Crypt-URandom to fix a heap overflow, enhancing system security in multiple environments.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for perl-Crypt-URandom fixes the following issue: Update to 0.550.0 (0.55): * CVE-2026-2474: heap buffer overflow in the XS function `crypt_urandom_getrandom()` (bsc#1258266). Changelog: * Fix for sysread/read failures. Thanks to Miha Purg for GH#20. * Fix for test suite failures on STDOUT encoding. Thanks to Lukas Mai for GH#19. For full changelog see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Crypt-URandom/Changes. ## 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 Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-1170=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

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security advisory SuSE important heap overflow installation perl-Crypt-URandom

References

* bsc#1258266

Cross-

* CVE-2026-2474

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-2474 ( SUSE ): 8.2

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

* CVE-2026-2474 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-2474 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2474.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258266

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1170-1
Release Date: 2026-04-02T08:42:08Z
Rating: important

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