openSUSE OpenSSL Important DoS Buffer Overflow Vuln 2026-4042

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This update for openssl-1_1-livepatches fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2026-63072: heap buffer overflow in CMS key unwrapping (bsc#1275133,

* HollowByte: DoS vector against OpenSSL TLS ClientHello via remote, attacker-

controlled memory allocations (bsc#1271712, bsc#1271713).

## 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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP5-2026-4042=1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-4042=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP5 (x86_64)

* openssl-1_1-livepatches-debugsource-0.8-150500.6.17.1

* openssl-1_1-livepatches-0.8-150500.6.17.1

* openssl-1_1-livepatches-debuginfo-0.8-150500.6.17.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* openssl-1_1-livepatches-debugsource-0.8-150500.6.17.1

* openssl-1_1-livepatches-0.8-150500.6.17.1

* openssl-1_1-livepatches-debuginfo-0.8-150500.6.17.1

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