SUSE-SU-2025:03260-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-202503260-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:03260-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2025:03260-1
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Published
2025-09-18T00:09:50Z
Modified
2025-09-18T20:01:25.920225Z
Summary
Security update for net-tools
Details

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.
References

Affected packages

openSUSE:Leap 15.6

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/opensuse/net-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1",
            "net-tools-deprecated": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1",
            "net-tools-lang": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1",
            "net-tools-lang": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1",
            "net-tools-lang": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP6

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools-deprecated": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP7

net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/net-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP7

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "net-tools-deprecated": "2.0+git20170221.479bb4a-150000.5.13.1"
        }
    ]
}