Security update for expat

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1512-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-0718 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-0718 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for expat fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed: - CVE-2016-0718: Fix Expat XML parser that mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents. (bsc#979441) - CVE-2015-1283: Fix multiple integer overflows. (bnc#980391)

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 Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-expat-12600=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-expat-12600=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-expat-12600=1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
    zypper in -t patch slestso13-expat-12600=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libexpat-devel-2.0.1-88.38.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libexpat1-2.0.1-88.38.1
    • expat-2.0.1-88.38.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • libexpat1-x86-2.0.1-88.38.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libexpat1-32bit-2.0.1-88.38.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • libexpat1-2.0.1-88.38.1
    • expat-2.0.1-88.38.1
    • libexpat1-32bit-2.0.1-88.38.1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64)
    • libexpat-devel-2.0.1-88.38.1

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