SUSE-SU-2026:1827-1

Details

Description of the patch:

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issue:

CVE-2026-2291: VU#471747: dnsmasq can be abused to record false cached data enabling DoS or attacker redirect (bsc#1258251).

Affected Packages

dnsmasq

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOSSUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOSSUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSSSUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

Fixed in:

2.90-150400.16.9.1

dnsmasq-utils

openSUSE Leap 15.6

Fixed in:

2.90-150400.16.9.1

References

ADVISORY

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258251

ADVISORY

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-May/046416.html

ADVISORY

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2291/

WEB

https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/

ADVISORY

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20261827-1/