Security update for perl-XML-Twig

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2173-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-9180 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2016-9180 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perl-XML-Twig fixes the following issues:

  • Security fix [bsc#1008644, CVE-2016-9180]
  • Added: the no_xxe option to XML::Twig::new, which causes the parse to fail if external entities are used (to prevent malicious XML to access the filesystem).
  • Setting expand_external_ents to 0 or -1 currently doesn't work as expected; To completely turn off expanding external entities use no_xxe.
  • Update documentation for XML::Twig to mention problems with expand_external_ents and add information about new no_xxe argument

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2173=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2173=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2173=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • perl-XML-Twig-3.44-5.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • perl-XML-Twig-3.44-5.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • perl-XML-Twig-3.44-5.3.1

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