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SUSE Advisory 2025:02974-1 for net-tools Buffer Overflow CVE-2025-46836

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE security bulletin 2025:02975-1 concerning net-tools fixes a critical vulnerability related to memory handling.
* bsc#1243581 * bsc#1246608 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-46836

Summary

## This update for net-tools fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-46836: Fixed absence of bound check that might lead to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1243581) ## 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 Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-2974=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64) * net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-765.12.1 * net-tools-debugsource-1.60-765.12.1 * net-tools-1.60-765.12.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE net-tools cve-2025-46836

References

* bsc#1243581

* bsc#1246608

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 Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix 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=1246608

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02974-1
Release Date: 2025-08-25T09:23:54Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE net-tools cve-2025-46836

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