Security update for libxslt

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxslt
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1282-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1005591 #1035905 #934119 #952474
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This update for libxslt fixes the following issues:

    - CVE-2017-5029: The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c lacked a
    check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a
    remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted
    HTML page (bsc#1035905).

    - CVE-2016-4738: Fix heap overread in xsltFormatNumberConversion: An empty
    decimal-separator could cause a heap overread. This can be exploited to
    leak a couple of bytes after the buffer that holds the pattern string
    (bsc#1005591).

    - CVE-2015-9019: Properly initialize random generator (bsc#934119).

    - CVE-2015-7995: Vulnerability in function xsltStylePreCompute" in
    preproc.c could cause a type confusion leading to DoS. (bsc#952474)

    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-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libxslt-13104=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxslt-13104=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libxslt-13104=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxslt-devel-1.1.24-19.33.1
      • libxslt-python-1.1.24-19.33.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxslt-devel-32bit-1.1.24-19.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxslt-1.1.24-19.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxslt-32bit-1.1.24-19.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • libxslt-x86-1.1.24-19.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxslt-debuginfo-1.1.24-19.33.1
      • libxslt-debugsource-1.1.24-19.33.1
      • libxslt-python-debuginfo-1.1.24-19.33.3
      • libxslt-python-debugsource-1.1.24-19.33.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxslt-debuginfo-32bit-1.1.24-19.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • libxslt-debuginfo-x86-1.1.24-19.33.1

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