Security update for xerces-c

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2154-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-2099 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4463 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

xerces-c was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2016-2099: Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ did not properly handle exceptions raised in the XMLReader class, which allowed context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document (bsc#979208). - CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser crashed on malformed DTD (bnc#985860).

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 Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1271=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1271=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1271=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1271=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-12.3
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
    • libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-12.3
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-12.3
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
    • libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-devel-3.1.1-12.3
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
    • libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-12.3
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-12.3
    • libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
    • libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-12.3
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-12.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-12.3
    • libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-12.3

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