Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2016:1604-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#963963 bsc#965283 bsc#978395 bsc#981040 bsc#981041 bsc#981108 bsc#981109 bsc#981111 bsc#981112 bsc#981114 bsc#981115 bsc#981548 bsc#981549 bsc#981550
Cross-References:	CVE-2015-8806 CVE-2016-1762 CVE-2016-1833 CVE-2016-1834 CVE-2016-1835 CVE-2016-1837 CVE-2016-1838 CVE-2016-1839 CVE-2016-1840 CVE-2016-2073 CVE-2016-3705 CVE-2016-4447 CVE-2016-4448 CVE-2016-4449 CVE-2016-4483
CVSS scores:	CVE-2015-8806 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-1762 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-1833 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-1834 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-1835 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-1837 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-1838 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-1839 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-1839 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-1840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-2073 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-3705 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-4447 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-4448 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-4448 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2016-4449 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-4483 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2016-4483 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 SUSE Cloud 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 SUSE Manager Server 2.1

An update that solves 15 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issues:

• CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-1839: A Heap-buffer overread was fixed in libxml2/dict.c [bsc#963963, bsc#965283, bsc#981114].
• CVE-2016-4483: Code was added to avoid an out of bound access when serializing malformed strings [bsc#978395].
• CVE-2016-1762: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlNextChar [bsc#981040].
• CVE-2016-1834: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlStrncat [bsc#981041].
• CVE-2016-1833: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in htmlCurrentChar [bsc#981108].
• CVE-2016-1835: Fixed a heap use-after-free in xmlSAX2AttributeNs [bsc#981109].
• CVE-2016-1837: Fixed a heap use-after-free in htmlParsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral [bsc#981111].
• CVE-2016-1838: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlParserPrintFileContextInternal [bsc#981112].
• CVE-2016-1840: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlFAParsePosCharGroup [bsc#981115].
• CVE-2016-4447: Fixed a heap-based buffer-underreads due to xmlParseName [bsc#981548].
• CVE-2016-4448: Fixed some format string warnings with possible format string vulnerability [bsc#981549],
• CVE-2016-4449: Fixed inappropriate fetch of entities content [bsc#981550].
• CVE-2016-3705: Fixed missing increment of recursion counter.

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-libxml2-12616=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2
  zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-12616=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3
  zypper in -t patch slessp3-libxml2-12616=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxml2-12616=1
• SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxml2-12616=1
• SUSE Cloud 5
  zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-libxml2-12616=1
• SUSE Manager Server 2.1
  zypper in -t patch sleman21-libxml2-12616=1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
  zypper in -t patch slemap21-libxml2-12616=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
  • libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64 i586)
  • libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
  • libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS 11-SP2 (s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586)
  • libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
  • libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS 11-SP3 (s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
  • libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
  • libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
  • libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
  • libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
  • libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Cloud 5 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
  • libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Manager Server 2.1 (s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
  • libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1
  • libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
  • libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8806.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1762.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1833.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1834.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1835.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1837.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1838.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1839.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1840.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2073.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3705.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4447.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4448.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4449.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4483.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=963963
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965283
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978395
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981040
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981041
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981108
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981109
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981111
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981112
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981114
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981115
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981548
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981549
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981550