Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2609-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-19956 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-19956 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-20388 ( SUSE ): 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2019-20388 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-24977 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-24977 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2020-7595 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2020-7595 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-20388: Fixed a memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun (bsc#1161521).
  • CVE-2020-7595: Fixed an infinite loop in an EOF situation (bsc#1161517).
  • CVE-2020-24977: Fixed a global-buffer-overflow in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (bsc#1176179).
  • Fixed invalid xmlns references due to CVE-2019-19956 (bsc#1172021).

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-2609=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2609=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2609=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2609=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-46.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-46.34.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-46.34.1

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