🛡️ SUSE-SU-2026:20940-1 — net-tools (CVE-2025-46836)
Description
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).
Affected software
SUSE-SU-2026:20940-1 is recorded against 1 package.
- net-tools (fixed in 2.10-160000.3.1)
Timeline and source
Published on 26 March 2026 and last revised on 2 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
www.suse.com (Advisory)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
www.suse.com (Web)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| net-tools | — | 2.10-160000.3.1 |
References
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