net-tools-2.10-4.1 on GA media SUSE Patch security@suse.de SUSE Security Team openSUSE-SU-2025:15428-1 Final 1 1 2025-08-09T00:00:00Z current 2025-08-09T00:00:00Z 2025-08-09T00:00:00Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf.pl 2017-02-24T01:00:00Z net-tools-2.10-4.1 on GA media These are all security issues fixed in the net-tools-2.10-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15428 Copyright SUSE LLC under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0) https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46836/ SUSE CVE CVE-2025-46836 page openSUSE Tumbleweed net-tools-2.10-4.1 net-tools-deprecated-2.10-4.1 net-tools-lang-2.10-4.1 net-tools-2.10-4.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed net-tools-deprecated-2.10-4.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed net-tools-lang-2.10-4.1 as a component of openSUSE Tumbleweed net-tools is a collection of programs that form the base set of the NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating system. Inn versions up to and including 2.10, the Linux network utilities (like ifconfig) from the net-tools package do not properly validate the structure of /proc files when showing interfaces. `get_name()` in `interface.c` copies interface labels from `/proc/net/dev` into a fixed 16-byte stack buffer without bounds checking, leading to possible arbitrary code execution or crash. The known attack path does not require privilege but also does not provide privilege escalation in this scenario. A patch is available and expected to be part of version 2.20. CVE-2025-46836 openSUSE Tumbleweed:net-tools-2.10-4.1 openSUSE Tumbleweed:net-tools-deprecated-2.10-4.1 openSUSE Tumbleweed:net-tools-lang-2.10-4.1 moderate To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46836.html CVE-2025-46836 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243581 SUSE Bug 1243581