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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 Screen Moderate Update CVE-2025-46802

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE's update for screen addresses a moderate buffer overflow issue, enhancing system security. Install promptly to mitigate risk.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for screen fixes the following issues: This update also ships screen to SL Micro 6.1 Extras. * also use tty fd passing after a suspend (MSG_CONT) * do not chmod the tty for multiattach, rely on tty fd passing instead [bsc#1242269] [CVE-2025-46802] * fix resume after suspend in multiuser mode ## 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 Extras 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-Extras-6.1-135=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * screen-debugsource-4.9.1-slfo.1.1_2.1 * libutempter0-debuginfo-1.2.1-slfo.1.1_1.3 * screen-4.9.1-slfo.1.1_2.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service buffer overflow SuSE screen

References

* bsc#1242269

Cross-

* CVE-2025-46802

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-46802 ( SUSE ): 5.3

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

* CVE-2025-46802 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-46802 ( NVD ): 5.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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-2025-46802 ( NVD ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

* SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46802.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1242269

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20406-1
Release Date: 2025-06-05T15:44:22Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service buffer overflow SuSE screen

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