Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2023:3665-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1201978 bsc#1210411 bsc#1210412 bsc#1214768
Cross-References:	CVE-2016-3709 CVE-2023-28484 CVE-2023-29469 CVE-2023-39615
CVSS scores:	CVE-2016-3709 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVE-2016-3709 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVE-2023-28484 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2023-28484 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2023-29469 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2023-29469 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2023-39615 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2023-39615 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2023-29469: Fixed not deterministic hashing of empty dict strings (bsc#1210412).
• CVE-2023-28484: Fixed NULL dereference in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType (bsc#1210411).
• CVE-2023-39615: Fixed crafted xml can cause global buffer overflow (bsc#1214768).
• CVE-2016-3709: Fixed cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml (bsc#1201978).

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 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2023-3665=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3665=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3665=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-3665=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-devel-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
  • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
  • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
  • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-46.65.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
  • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.65.1
  • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.65.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3709.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28484.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29469.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39615.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201978
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210411
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1210412
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214768