Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1454-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-1839 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1839 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9047 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-9047 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9048 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-9048 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9049 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-9049 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-9050 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-9050 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2

An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-9047, CVE-2017-9048: The function xmlSnprintfElementContent in valid.c was vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1039063, bsc#1039064)
  • CVE-2017-9049: The function xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read. (bsc#1039066)
  • CVE-2017-9050: The function xmlDictAddString was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read (bsc#1039661)
  • CVE-2016-1839: heap-based buffer overflow (xmlDictAddString func) (bnc#1039069)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-891=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-891=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-891=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-891=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-891=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-891=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-891=1

Package List:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-devel-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.4-36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-36.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-36.1

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