Security update for expat

SUSE Security Update: Security update for expat
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1508-1
Rating: important
References: #979441 #980391
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This update for expat fixes the following issues:

    Security issue fixed:
    - CVE-2016-0718: Fix Expat XML parser that mishandles certain kinds of
    malformed input documents. (bsc#979441)
    - CVE-2015-1283: Fix multiple integer overflows. (bnc#980391)

    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 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-898=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-898=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-898=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-898=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-898=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-898=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debugsource-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat-devel-2.1.0-17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debugsource-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat-devel-2.1.0-17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • expat-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debugsource-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x x86_64):
      • expat-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • expat-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debugsource-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64):
      • expat-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • expat-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debugsource-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • expat-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
      • expat-debugsource-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-32bit-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-debuginfo-2.1.0-17.1
      • libexpat1-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-17.1

    References: