Security update for libxml2
SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
Specially crafted XPath expressions could have allowed
attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have
unspecified other impact (CVE-2011-2821,CVE-2011-2834).
This has been fixed.
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2011-2821
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* CVE-2011-2834
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Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2012:0076-1 |
Rating: | low |
References: | #732787 |
Affected Products: |
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
Specially crafted XPath expressions could have allowed
attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have
unspecified other impact (CVE-2011-2821,CVE-2011-2834).
This has been fixed.
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2011-2821
* CVE-2011-2834
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 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libxml2-5489
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-libxml2-5489
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-libxml2-5489
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libxml2-5489
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.11.1
- libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):
- libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.11.1
- libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):
- libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
- libxml2-2.7.6-0.11.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):
- libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.11.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2821.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2834.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/732787
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=7118d719fab43855433c748adb2875cf