Security update for libxml2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0076-1
Rating: low
References: #732787
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

  • 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