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SUSE Linux 16.0 Protobuf Moderate Fixes for Recursive Depth Issues

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for SUSE Linux addresses security concerns in protobuf, fixing critical issues with recursive parsing and depth bypass.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for protobuf fixes the following issues: Security fixes: * CVE-2025-4565: Fixed parsing of untrusted Protocol Buffers data containing an arbitrary number of recursive groups or messages that could lead to crash due to RecursionError (bsc#1244663). * CVE-2026-0994: Fixed google.protobuf.Any recursion depth bypass in Python json_format.ParseDict (bsc#1257173). Other fixes: * Fixed import issues of reverse-dependency packages within the google namespace (bsc#1244918). ## 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 - BCI 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-408=1 ## Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE protobuf arbitrary attack

References

* bsc#1244663

* bsc#1244918

* bsc#1257173

Cross-

* CVE-2025-4565

* CVE-2026-0994

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-4565 ( 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-2025-4565 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-4565 ( NVD ): 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2025-4565 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-0994 ( 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-2026-0994 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-0994 ( NVD ): 8.2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20907-1
Release Date: 2026-03-18T18:15:53Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE protobuf arbitrary attack

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