SUSE-SU-2026:21164-1

Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202621164-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:21164-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2026:21164-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2026-04-10T06:44:31Z
Modified
2026-04-22T18:25:33Z
Summary
Security update for glibc
Details

This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

Security fixes:

  • CVE-2026-4437: incorrect DNS response parsing via crafted DNS server response (bsc#1260078).
  • CVE-2026-4438: invalid DNS hostname returned via gethostbyaddr functions (bsc#1260082).

Other fixes:

  • nss: Missing checks in __nss_configure_lookup, __nss_database_get (bsc#1258319).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.40-160000.4.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "glibc": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-devel": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-devel-static": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-extra": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-gconv-modules-extra": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-html": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-i18ndata": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-info": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-lang": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-locale": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-locale-base": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-profile": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-utils": "2.40-160000.4.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:21164-1.json"

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 / glibc

Package

Name
glibc
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.40-160000.4.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "glibc": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-devel": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-devel-static": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-extra": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-gconv-modules-extra": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-html": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-i18ndata": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-info": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-lang": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-locale": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-locale-base": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-profile": "2.40-160000.4.1",
            "glibc-utils": "2.40-160000.4.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:21164-1.json"