SUSE Provides Important Buffer Overflow Fix for CVE-2016-9840 Advisory
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July 28, 2025
* bsc#1245936 Cross-References: * CVE-2016-9840
Summary
## This update for boost fixes the following issues: * CVE-2016-9840: Fixed out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in zlib in beast (bsc#1245936) ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2536=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2536=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2536=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2536=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2536=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1245936
Cross-
* CVE-2016-9840
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2016-9840 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2016-9840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2016-9840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6
* Basesystem Module 15-SP7
* Legacy Module 15-SP6
* Legacy Module 15-SP7
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02536-1
Release Date: 2025-07-28T14:07:39Z
Rating: critical
Topics Covered
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