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<h1>Security update for kea</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:1378-1</td>
</tr>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-04-16T07:19:46Z</td>
</tr>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260380">bsc#1260380</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3608.html">CVE-2026-3608</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<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>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Server Applications Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</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 SP7</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for kea fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Update to release 2.6.5:</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>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>Corrected an issue in logging configuration when parsing
"syslog:"</li>
<li>Earlier Kea versions could crash when handling misconfigured
global reservations. This has been fixed.</li>
<li>Support for recent versions of Sphinx has been added.</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">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1378=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Server Applications Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP7-2026-1378=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python3-kea-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>kea-debugsource-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>kea-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Server Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libkea-log61-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcp_ddns57-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-asiolink72-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-hooks102-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcp++92-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-log61-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-pgsql71-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-cfgclient67-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-util-io0-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-cfgclient67-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcpsrv112-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcp_ddns57-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-eval69-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>kea-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-cc69-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-cc69-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-cryptolink50-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-dns++57-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-dns++57-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-tcp19-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-hooks102-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-exceptions33-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>kea-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-util87-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-cryptolink50-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-eval69-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-pgsql71-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-d2srv47-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-http72-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>kea-debugsource-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-asiodns49-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-stats41-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-util87-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-asiolink72-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-exceptions33-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-mysql71-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>kea-devel-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-d2srv47-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-process76-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcp++92-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-http72-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-mysql71-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-database62-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>kea-hooks-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-process76-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-dhcpsrv112-debuginfo-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-util-io0-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-stats41-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-tcp19-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-asiodns49-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>libkea-database62-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
<li>kea-hooks-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Server Applications Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>kea-doc-2.6.5-150700.3.6.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<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=1260380">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260380</a>
</li>
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