Security update for libxml2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1454-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1039063 #1039064 #1039066 #1039069 #1039661 #981114
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
  • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7
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    An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

    Description:


    This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

    - CVE-2017-9047, CVE-2017-9048: The function xmlSnprintfElementContent in
    valid.c was vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1039063,
    bsc#1039064)
    - CVE-2017-9049: The function xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c was
    vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read. (bsc#1039066)
    - CVE-2017-9050: The function xmlDictAddString was vulnerable to a
    heap-based buffer over-read (bsc#1039661)
    - CVE-2016-1839: heap-based buffer overflow (xmlDictAddString func)
    (bnc#1039069)

    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 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-891=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-891=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-891=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-891=1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-891=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-devel-2.9.4-36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1

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