CVE-2017-16932

Upstream information

CVE-2017-16932 at MITRE

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	7.5	7.5
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector	Network	Network
Attack Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	None	None
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	High	High
CVSSv3 Version	3	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1069689 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1103099 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1123129 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1123919 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-CU-2022:1158-1, published Wed May 25 07:28:00 UTC 2022
• SUSE-CU-2022:1159-1, published Wed May 25 07:45:10 UTC 2022
• SUSE-CU-2022:1160-1, published Wed May 25 07:58:55 UTC 2022
• SUSE-SU-2018:0395-1, published Thu Feb 8 04:11:06 MST 2018
• SUSE-SU-2022:1833-1, published Tue May 24 19:14:53 UTC 2022

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Container suse/ltss/sle12.5/sles12sp5:8.5.7 Container suse/sles12sp3:24.394 Container suse/sles12sp4:26.458 Container suse/sles12sp5:6.5.333 Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Standard-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-ECS-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-On-Demand	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2022-1833
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-SAP-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3
Image SLES12-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	libxml2-devel >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1 libxml2-devel-32bit >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1	Patchnames: sdksp4-libxml2-13458
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	libxml2 >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1 libxml2-32bit >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1 libxml2-devel >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1 libxml2-devel-32bit >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1 libxml2-doc >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1 libxml2-python >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1 libxml2-x86 >= 2.7.6-0.77.10.1	Patchnames: sdksp4-libxml2-13458 slessp4-libxml2-13458
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-ESPOS-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-devel >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-1833 SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2022-1833
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	libxml2-devel >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-1833
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2022-1833
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2022-1833
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2022-1833
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	libxml2-2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-2-32bit >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-doc >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 libxml2-tools >= 2.9.4-46.54.3 python-libxml2 >= 2.9.4-46.54.3	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2022-1833

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First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp4-byos-v20220715-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp4-byos-v20221108-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-byos-v20220714-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20220714-ecs-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20220714-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-12-sp4-byos-v20220715-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-12-sp4-v20220714-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• amazon/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-byos-v20220715-hvm-ssd-x86_64
• google/sles-12-sp4-byos-v20220714-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp4-sap-byos-v20220714-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp4-sap-v20220714-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-byos-v20220714-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-byos-v20221015-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-byos-v20230718-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-sap-byos-v20220602-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-sap-v20220602-x86-64
• google/sles-12-sp5-v20220719-x86-64
• microsoft/suse-sle-hpc-12-sp5-byos-v20220714-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sle-hpc-12-sp5-v20220714-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp4-byos-v20220715-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-basic-v20220714-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-byos-v20220714-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-12-sp5-v20220714-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp4-byos-v20220715-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp4-v20220715-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-byos-v20220714-x86_64
• microsoft/suse-sles-sap-12-sp5-v20220714-x86_64

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5	python-libxml2	Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	libxml2	Released
HPE Helion OpenStack 8	python-libxml2	Released
Magnum Orchestration 7	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	libxml2	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS	libxml2-python	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	libxml2-python	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS	libxml2-python	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4	libxml2-python	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	libxml2	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	libxml2	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4	libxml2	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	libxml2	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7	libxml2	Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	libxml2	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	libxml2	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	libxml2	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	python-libxml2	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	libxml2	Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	python-libxml2	Released

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Nov 24 00:11:14 2017
CVE page last modified: Tue Dec 17 20:17:56 2024