Back Linuxsecurity openSUSE 15.4 munge Important Buffer Overflow Vuln 2026-0450
This update for munge fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-25506: buffer overflow in message unpacking (bsc#1257651). * Make logrotate work on munge log as user munge. This prevents a local privilege escalation (bsc#1246088).
## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-450=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-450=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-450=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-450=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-450=1
## Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-450=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-450=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-450=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-450=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-450=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * libmunge2-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * libmunge2-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * munge-debugsource-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * munge-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * munge-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * munge-devel-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64) * munge-devel-32bit-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * libmunge2-32bit-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * libmunge2-32bit-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32) * libmunge2-64bit-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * munge-devel-64bit-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * libmunge2-64bit-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64) * libmunge2-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * libmunge2-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * munge-debugsource-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * munge-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * munge-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1 * Read the Full Advisory
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* libmunge2-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* libmunge2-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* munge-debugsource-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* munge-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* munge-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* munge-devel-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
* munge-devel-32bit-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* libmunge2-32bit-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* libmunge2-32bit-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
* libmunge2-64bit-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* munge-devel-64bit-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* libmunge2-64bit-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64
* libmunge2-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* libmunge2-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* munge-debugsource-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* munge-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* munge-debuginfo-0.5.15-150400.18.10.1
* bsc#1246088 * bsc#1257651 ## References: * * *
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