Security update for libxml2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1010675 #1013930 #1014873 #1017497 #876652
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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    An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

    Description:


    This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

    * Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873]
    * CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused
    a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing
    for DoS (bsc#1017497)
    * CVE-2014-0191: External parameter entity loaded when entity substitution
    is disabled could cause a DoS. (bsc#876652)
    * CVE-2016-9318: XML External Entity (XXE) could be abused via crafted
    document. (bsc#1010675)

    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-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-833=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-833=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-833=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-devel-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • python-libxml2-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-26.12.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • python-libxml2-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-26.12.1
      • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-26.12.1

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