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<h1>Security update for kea</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:20989-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-04-01T09:24:21Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252863">bsc#1252863</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260380">bsc#1260380</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-2025-11232.html">CVE-2025-11232</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3608.html">CVE-2026-3608</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-2025-11232</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-11232</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-11232</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-3608</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-3608</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-3608</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0</li>
</ul>
</td>
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</table>
<p>An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for kea fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Update to 3.0.3:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-11232: invalid characters cause assert (bsc#1252863).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-3608: stack overflow via maliciously crafted message (bsc#1260380).</li>
</ul>
<p>Changelog:</p>
<ul>
<li>A large number of bracket pairs in a JSON payload directed to
any endpoint would result in a stack overflow, due to recursive
calls when parsing the JSON. This has been fixed.
(CVE-2026-3608)
[bsc#1260380]</li>
<li>When a hostname or FQDN received from a client is reduced to an
empty string by hostname sanitizing, kea-dhcp4 and kea-dhcp6
will now drop the option.
(CVE-2025-11232)
[bsc#1252863]</li>
<li>A null dereference is now no longer possible when configuring
the Control Agent with a socket that lacks the mandatory
socket-name entry.</li>
<li>UNIX sockets are now created as group-writable.</li>
<li>Removed logging an error in ping check hook library if using
lease cache treshold.</li>
<li>Fixed deadlock in ping-check hooks library.</li>
<li>Fixed a data race in ping-check hooks library.</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 Server - BCI 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-470=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libkea-log75-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-dns71-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>kea-hooks-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-hooks121-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-stats53-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-log-interprocess3-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-log75-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcp109-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>kea-debugsource-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcpsrv131-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-exceptions45-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-config84-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcp_ddns68-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-process91-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-database76-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-eval84-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-config84-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-stats53-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcpsrv131-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-cc83-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-d2srv63-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-database76-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-cfgrpt3-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>kea-devel-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-util-io12-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-tcp33-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-d2srv63-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-asiolink88-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-asiolink88-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-dns71-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-hooks121-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-eval84-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-pgsql88-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-asiodns62-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>kea-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-cryptolink64-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-http87-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-cfgrpt3-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-cc83-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcp_ddns68-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-mysql88-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-pgsql88-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-log-interprocess3-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>python3-kea-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-util102-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-asiodns62-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-tcp33-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-http87-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-exceptions45-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-process91-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-util102-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcp109-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-cryptolink64-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>kea-hooks-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>kea-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>kea-devel-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-util-io12-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libkea-mysql88-debuginfo-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>kea-doc-3.0.3-160000.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11232.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11232.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3608.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3608.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252863">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252863</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260380">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260380</a>
</li>
</ul>
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