Security update for jakarta-taglibs-standard

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1701-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for jakarta-taglibs-standard fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2015-0254: Apache Standard Taglibs allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension in a (1) x:parse or (2) x:transform JSTL XML tag. (bsc#920813)

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 Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-jakarta-taglibs-standard-13173=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-jakarta-taglibs-standard-13173=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (noarch)
    • jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-234.31.1
    • jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-234.31.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (noarch)
    • jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-234.31.1
    • jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-234.31.1

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