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SUSE net-tools Moderate Denial of Service Vuln 2026-3222-1

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2026
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A critical update for SUSE net-tools addresses a moderate severity denial of service threat to enhance security.
A security update has been released for net-tools addressing CVE-2024-58251, which involves a denial of service vulnerability, applicable to various SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12...

Summary

## This update for net-tools fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-58251: denial of service via terminal escape sequences (bsc#1254323). ## 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-2026-3222=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64) * net-tools-1.60-765.20.1 * net-tools-debugsource-1.60-765.20.1 * net-tools-debuginfo-1.60-765.20.1

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References

* bsc#1254323

Cross-

* CVE-2024-58251

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-58251 ( SUSE ): 2.4

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

* CVE-2024-58251 ( SUSE ): 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2024-58251 ( NVD ): 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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 can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-58251.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254323

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3222-1
Release Date: 2026-07-23T18:30:38Z
Rating: moderate

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