openSUSE-SU-2026:20437-1

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Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/openSUSE-SU-2026:20437-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/openSUSE-SU-2026:20437-1
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Published
2026-03-26T15:12:43Z
Modified
2026-04-03T17:24:34Z
Summary
Security update for net-tools
Details

This update for net-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Fix stack buffer overflow in parse_hex (bsc#1248687, GHSA-h667-qrp8-gj58).
  • Fix stack-based buffer overflow in proc_gen_fmt (bsc#1248687, GHSA-w7jq-cmw2-cq59).
  • Avoid unsafe memcpy in ifconfig (bsc#1248687).
  • Prevent overflow in ax25 and netrom (bsc#1248687)
  • Keep possibility to enter long interface names, even if they are not accepted by the kernel, because it was always possible up to CVE-2025-46836 fix. But issue a warning about an interface name concatenation (bsc#1248410).
References

Affected packages

openSUSE:Leap 16.0 / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/opensuse/net-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10-160000.3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "net-tools":  "2.10-160000.3.1",
            "net-tools-deprecated":  "2.10-160000.3.1",
            "net-tools-lang":  "2.10-160000.3.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/openSUSE-SU-2026:20437-1.json"