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SUSE: net-tools Moderate Buffer Overflow Risk Advisory 2025:03245-1

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Calendar Grey September 17, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important net-tools patch for SUSE resolves various security weaknesses, such as buffer overflow risks and other vulnerabilities.
* bsc#1243581 * bsc#1248410 * bsc#1248687 Cross-References:

Summary

## This update for net-tools fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: * Avoid unsafe use of `memcpy` in `ifconfig` (bsc#1248687). * Prevent overflow in `ax25` and `netrom` (bsc#1248687). * Fix stack buffer overflow in `parse_hex` (bsc#1248687). * Fix stack buffer overflow in `proc_gen_fmt` (bsc#1248687). Other issues fixed: * Allow use of long interface names after CVE-2025-46836 fix, even if they are not accepted by the kernel (bsc#1248410). ## 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-2025-3245=1 ## Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow SuSE net-tools threat mitigation

References

* bsc#1243581

* bsc#1248410

* bsc#1248687

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 two security fixes 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=1248410

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03245-1
Release Date: 2025-09-17T10:55:16Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

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