SUSE Linux Micro 6.0: Net-tools Moderate Advisory CVE-2025-46836
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August 28, 2025
* bsc#1243581 * bsc#1246608 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-46836
Summary
## This update for net-tools fixes the following issues: * Provide more readable error for interface name size checking (bsc#1243581) * Perform bound checks when parsing interface labels in /proc/net/dev (bsc#1243581, bsc#1246608. CVE-2025-46836) ## 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 6.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-431=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * net-tools-debugsource-2.10-3.1 * net-tools-debuginfo-2.10-3.1 * net-tools-2.10-3.1
Topics Covered
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 Micro 6.0
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one 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
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20566-1
Release Date: 2025-08-21T08:20:56Z
Rating: moderate
Topics Covered
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