Security update for libxml2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1813-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1024989 #1044337 #1044887 #1044894
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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    An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:

    This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

    Security issues fixed:

    * CVE-2017-0663: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in xmlAddID (bsc#1044337)
    * CVE-2017-5969: Fixed a NULL pointer deref in xmlDumpElementContent
    (bsc#1024989)
    * CVE-2017-7375: Prevented an unwanted external entity reference
    (bsc#1044894)
    * CVE-2017-7376: Increase buffer space for port in HTTP redirect support
    (bsc#1044887)

    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-libxml2-13199=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxml2-13199=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libxml2-13199=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):
      • libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxml2-2.7.6-0.76.1
      • libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.76.1
      • libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.76.4
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):
      • libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.6-0.76.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.7.6-0.76.1
      • libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.7.6-0.76.4
      • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.7.6-0.76.4

    References: