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<h1>Security update for net-tools</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:03260-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-09-18T00:10:06Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243581">bsc#1243581</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246608">bsc#1246608</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248410">bsc#1248410</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248687">bsc#1248687</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142461">bsc#142461</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46836.html">CVE-2025-46836</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-46836</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-46836</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-46836</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Legacy Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Legacy Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves one vulnerability and has four security fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for net-tools fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Security issues fixed:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-46836: missing bounds check in <code>get_name</code> may lead to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1243581).</li>
<li>Avoid unsafe use of <code>memcpy</code> in <code>ifconfig</code> (bsc#1248687). </li>
<li>Prevent overflow in <code>ax25</code> and <code>netrom</code> (bsc#1248687). </li>
<li>Fix stack buffer overflow in <code>parse_hex</code> (bsc#1248687).</li>
<li>Fix stack buffer overflow in <code>proc_gen_fmt</code> (bsc#1248687).</li>
</ul>
<p>Other issues fixed:</p>
<ul>
<li>Allow use of long interface names after CVE-2025-46836 fix, even if they are not accepted by the kernel (bsc#1248410).</li>
<li>Fix netrom support.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Legacy Module 15-SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP6-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Legacy Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP7-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3260=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-lang-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-lang-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Legacy Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-deprecated-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-deprecated-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Legacy Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-deprecated-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-deprecated-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-deprecated-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-deprecated-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
<li>net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>net-tools-lang-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46836.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46836.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243581">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243581</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246608">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246608</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248410">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248410</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248687">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248687</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142461">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142461</a>
</li>
</ul>
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