Security update for net-tools
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).
Security update for net-tools
Description
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).
Affected software
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- SUSE Product Security Team
- Advisory Id
- openSUSE-SU-2026:20437-1
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6aab498f55bf5e2cf5990f34
Added to database: 09/17/2026, 01:59:43 UTC
Last updated: 09/17/2026, 02:02:26 UTC
Views: 1
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