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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 Advisory 2026-22668-1 dnsmasq Moderate Out Of Bounds

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2026
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Install the latest SUSE dnsmasq update addressing a moderate security issue related to out-of-bounds reading.
SUSE released a moderate security update for dnsmasq on July 9, 2026, addressing CVE-2026-12969 related to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SUSE Linux Micro 6.1.

Summary

## This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues * CVE-2026-12969: out-of-bounds read in `find_soa()` due to missing extrabytes validation (bsc#1268882). ## 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 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-612=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * dnsmasq-2.93-slfo.1.1_2.1 * dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.93-slfo.1.1_2.1

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References

* bsc#1268882

Cross-

* CVE-2026-12969

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-12969 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2026-12969 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-12969 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12969.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268882

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22668-1
Release Date: 2026-07-09T07:34:28Z
Rating: moderate

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