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SUSE-SU-2025:03260-1: moderate: Security update for net-tools
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# Security update for net-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03260-1  
Release Date: 2025-09-18T00:10:06Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1243581
  * bsc#1246608
  * bsc#1248410
  * bsc#1248687
  * bsc#142461

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-46836

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-46836 ( SUSE ):  5.8
    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
  * CVE-2025-46836 ( SUSE ):  6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  * CVE-2025-46836 ( NVD ):  6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

  
Affected Products:

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  * Legacy Module 15-SP6
  * Legacy Module 15-SP7
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

  
  
An update that solves one vulnerability and has four security fixes can now be
installed.

## Description:

This update for net-tools fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  * CVE-2025-46836: missing bounds check in `get_name` may lead to a stack
    buffer overflow (bsc#1243581).
  * Avoid unsafe use of `memcpy` in `ifconfig` (bsc#1248687).
  * Prevent overflow in `ax25` and `netrom` (bsc#1248687).
  * Fix stack buffer overflow in `parse_hex` (bsc#1248687).
  * Fix stack buffer overflow in `proc_gen_fmt` (bsc#1248687).

Other issues fixed:

  * Allow use of long interface names after CVE-2025-46836 fix, even if they are
    not accepted by the kernel (bsc#1248410).
  * Fix netrom support.

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3260=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-3260=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3260=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-3260=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-3260=1

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-3260=1

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP7  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-3260=1

  * Legacy Module 15-SP6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP6-2025-3260=1

  * Legacy Module 15-SP7  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP7-2025-3260=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-3260=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-3260=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-3260=1

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6  
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-3260=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (noarch)
    * net-tools-lang-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    * net-tools-lang-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * Legacy Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-deprecated-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-deprecated-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * Legacy Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-deprecated-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-deprecated-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * net-tools-debugsource-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-deprecated-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-deprecated-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-debuginfo-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
    * net-tools-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    * net-tools-lang-2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46836.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243581
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246608
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248410
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248687
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=142461



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