SUSE-SU-2026:3840-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20263840-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:3840-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2026:3840-1
Upstream
CVE (3)
Related
CVE (3)
Published
2026-08-27T12:21:23Z
Modified
2026-09-04T18:23:16Z
Summary
Security update for wicked
Details

This update for wicked fixes the following issues:

Update to version 0.6.79.

  • CVE-2026-44932: indirect remote shell command injection due to insufficient sanitization of DHCP options written to /run/wicked/leaseinfo.* files (bsc#1265221).
  • CVE-2026-71401: out-of-bounds read due to IP length underflow in checksum handling of DHCPv4 capture parsing (bsc#1274627).
  • CVE-2026-71402: out-of-bounds read due to DHCP option reader being extended beyond provided allocation in DHCPv4 capture parsing (bsc#1274627).

Changes for wicked:

  • Version 0.6.79:
    • Fix to escape single-quotes in leaseinfo dump output used by the wicked test dhcp4 and wicked test dhcp6 and written to the /run/wicked/leaseinfo.* files, e.g. to pass them to netconfig.
    • Fix posix-tz-dbname and tz-string option processing checks to permit only valid characters according to RFC4833.
    • Discard string values containing single-quotes in other options.
    • Trigger to regenerate initrd that may contain wicked binaries on updates from wicked versions <= 0.6.78.
  • Version 0.6.78:
    • man: small fixes in wireless manpage (gh#opensuse/wicked#1053)
    • rtnetlink: fix RTM_NEWLINK name resolution in debug (gh#opensuse/wicked#1052)
    • Add support for IPVLAN/IPVTAP (jsc#PED-1942, gh#opensuse/wicked#1050, gh#opensuse/wicked#1051)
    • fsm: remove children reference array from worker (gh#opensuse/wicked#1049)
    • ifxml: migrate and generate lower configs/policies (gh#opensuse/wicked#1048)
    • fsm: use refcount and array macros in worker and policy (gh#opensuse/wicked#1047)
    • route: use refcounted array and fix error leaks (gh#opensuse/wicked#1046)
    • utils: add support for refcounted objects in generic array (gh#openSUSE/wicked#1045)
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS / wicked

Package

Name
wicked
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.79-150600.11.20.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "wicked":  "0.6.79-150600.11.20.1",
            "wicked-nbft":  "0.6.79-150600.11.20.1",
            "wicked-service":  "0.6.79-150600.11.20.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:3840-1.json"

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 / wicked

Package

Name
wicked
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.6.79-150600.11.20.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "wicked":  "0.6.79-150600.11.20.1",
            "wicked-nbft":  "0.6.79-150600.11.20.1",
            "wicked-service":  "0.6.79-150600.11.20.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:3840-1.json"