Security update for Xerces-c
Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2018:3277-1 |
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Rating: | moderate |
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.
Description:
This update for Xerces-c fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-12627: Processing of external DTD paths could have resulted in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions (bsc#1083630).
- CVE-2016-4463: Prevent stack-based buffer overflow that allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD (bsc#985860).
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:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-Xerces-c-13828=1
Package List:
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
- libXerces-c28-2.8.0-29.17.5.1
- libXerces-c-devel-2.8.0-29.17.5.1
- Xerces-c-2.8.0-29.17.5.1