Security update for libxml2
Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2019:13985-1 |
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Rating: | moderate |
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2018-14404: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the xmlXPathCompOpEval() function when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case leading to a denial of service attack (bsc#1102046)
Other Issue fixed:
- Fixed a bug related to the fix for CVE-2016-9318 which allowed xsltproc to access the internet even when --nonet was given and also was making docbook-xsl-stylesheets to have incomplete xml catalog file (bsc#1010675, bsc#1126613 and bsc#1110146).
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
zypper in -t patch sleposp3-libxml2-13985=1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libxml2-13985=1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxml2-13985=1
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SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxml2-13985=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
- libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
- libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
- libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
- libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
- libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
- libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
- libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
- libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
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SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
- libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
- libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
- libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
References:
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9318.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14404.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010675
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102046
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110146
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126613