Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-9318 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2016-9318 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-9597 ( 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 three vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

  • Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873]
  • CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing for DoS (bsc#1017497)
  • CVE-2014-0191: External parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled could cause a DoS. (bsc#876652)
  • CVE-2016-9318: XML External Entity (XXE) could be abused via crafted document. (bsc#1010675)

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-SP1-2017-833=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-833=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-833=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-833=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.9.1-26.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-26.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-26.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-26.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-26.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1

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