Back Linuxsecurity openSUSE Leap 16.0 libidn Moderate Out-of-Bounds Read CVE-2026
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This update for libidn fixes the following issue:
- CVE-2026-57053: out-of-bounds read in `ToUnicode` APIs (bsc#1268965).
To install this openSUSE security 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 openSUSE-Leap-16.0-1606=1
libidn-devel-1.43-160000.3.1
libidn-tools-1.43-160000.3.1
libidn12-1.43-160000.3.1
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