Security update for libxml2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1670-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1024989 #1044337
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

  • An update that fixes two 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)

    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-SP2-2017-1036=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1036=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1036=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1036=1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1036=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-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-devel-2.9.4-42.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-42.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-42.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-42.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-42.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (noarch):
      • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-42.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-42.1
    • OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64):
      • libxml2-2-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-42.1
      • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-42.1

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