Security update for libxml2
SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
libxml2 has been updated to fix entity expansion problems:
* CVE-2013-0338: Internal entity expansion within XML
was not bounded, leading to simple small XML files being
able to cause "out of memory" denial of service conditions.
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-0338
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* CVE-2013-0339
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2013:0744-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #805233 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
libxml2 has been updated to fix entity expansion problems:
* CVE-2013-0338: Internal entity expansion within XML
was not bounded, leading to simple small XML files being
able to cause "out of memory" denial of service conditions.
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-0338
* CVE-2013-0339
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libxml2-7517 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-7517 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-7517 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libxml2-7517
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.23.1
- libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.23.1
- libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):
- libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.23.1
- libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.23.1
- libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):
- libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-2.6.23-15.37.1
- libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.37.1
- libxml2-python-2.6.23-15.37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
- libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):
- libxml2-x86-2.6.23-15.37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):
- libxml2-64bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
- libxml2-devel-64bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.23.1
- libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):
- libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.23.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
- libxml2-2.6.23-15.37.1
- libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.37.1
- libxml2-python-2.6.23-15.37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):
- libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
- libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
- SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-test-2.6.23-15.37.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0338.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0339.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/805233
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=dfd9d469ee1615731b1403a0c070bfa5
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f2f3f25cb4786580570e533ba525fef0