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SUSE 15 SP7 radvd Important Buffer Overflow Fix Advisory 2026-3055-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
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Critical update for radvd in SUSE addresses stack-based buffer overflow issue, enhancing system security performance. Stay updated!
SUSE has released a security update for radvd addressing a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-48715) affecting multiple SUSE Linux Enterprise products and requirin...

Summary

## This update for radvd fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-48715: stack-based buffer overflow in the `radvdump` Route Information option parser when processing crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisements (bsc#1268641). ## 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 High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-3055=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-3055=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-3055=1

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References

* bsc#1268641

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* CVE-2026-48715

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-48715 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-48715 ( NVD ): 7.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2026-48715 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* 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

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3055-1
Release Date: 2026-07-15T13:23:58Z
Rating: important

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