Security update for libxml2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2

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Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2012:0793-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	#764538
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

Specially crafted XML could have caused a denial of service
via an out-of-bounds write (application crash) to
applications that are linked against libxml2
(CVE-2011-3102). This has been fixed.

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2011-3102
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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 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libxml2-6365
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libxml2-6365
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-libxml2-6365
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-libxml2-6365
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-libxml2-6365
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libxml2-6365
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libxml2-6365

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.17.1
• libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

• libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.17.1
• libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.17.1
• libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

• libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-2.6.23-15.31.4
• libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.31.4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.31.4
• libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.31.4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

• libxml2-x86-2.6.23-15.31.4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

• libxml2-64bit-2.6.23-15.31.4
• libxml2-devel-64bit-2.6.23-15.31.4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.17.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

• libxml2-2.6.23-15.31.4
• libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.31.4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.31.4
• libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.31.4

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3102.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/764538

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=7b174cf04bc60f0775dbbdbb0c987eb1

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=850fa3835152c3c596cbd2ee604d57f6