SUSE-SU-2026:3218-1

MEDIUM5.5

Security update for avahi

Published Jul 23, 2026

Modified 1 months ago

Fix available

Details

Description of the patch:

This update for avahi fixes the following issue:

CVE-2025-59529: local DoS due to simple protocol server ignoring client limit CLIENTS_MAX (bsc#1255451).

Affected Packages(23 packages)

avahi

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

avahi-compat-howl-devel

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

avahi-lang

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

avahi-utils

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

libavahi-client3

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

libavahi-client3-32bit

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

libavahi-common3

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

libavahi-common3-32bit

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

libavahi-core7

Fixed in:

0.8-150600.15.21.1

References

ADVISORY

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255451

ADVISORY

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048672.html

ADVISORY

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59529/

WEB

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

ADVISORY

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20263218-1/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Upstream

CVE-2025-59529

Ecosystems(7)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7

Timeline

PublishedJul 23, 2026

ModifiedJul 23, 2026

SUSE-SU-2026:3218-1 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence