Security update for libxml2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2

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Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2012:1095-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	#769184
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 Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update fixes several libxml2 integer overflows which
could have been used to crash libxml2 parsers or
potentially execute code.

Security Issues:

* CVE-2012-2807
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Contraindications:

None

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-libxml2-6571
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libxml2-6571
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-libxml2-6571
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-libxml2-6571
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch slessp1-libxml2-6571
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libxml2-6571
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libxml2-6571

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-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.19.1
• libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

• libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.19.1
• libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.19.1
• libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

• libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

• libxml2-2.7.6-0.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

• libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.19.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2807.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/769184

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c69ade5ac86ea5a8948f19bc2bc6b237