Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1538-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2015-8806 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1762 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1833 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1834 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1835 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1837 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1838 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • 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-2016-1840 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-2073 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-3705 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4447 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4448 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4448 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4449 ( NVD ): 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4483 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-4483 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1

An update that solves 15 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-1839: A Heap-buffer overread was fixed in libxml2/dict.c [bsc#963963, bsc#965283, bsc#981114].
  • CVE-2016-4483: Code was added to avoid an out of bound access when serializing malformed strings [bsc#978395].
  • CVE-2016-1762: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlNextChar [bsc#981040].
  • CVE-2016-1834: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlStrncat [bsc#981041].
  • CVE-2016-1833: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in htmlCurrentChar [bsc#981108].
  • CVE-2016-1835: Fixed a heap use-after-free in xmlSAX2AttributeNs [bsc#981109].
  • CVE-2016-1837: Fixed a heap use-after-free in htmlParsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral [bsc#981111].
  • CVE-2016-1838: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlParserPrintFileContextInternal [bsc#981112].
  • CVE-2016-1840: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlFAParsePosCharGroup [bsc#981115].
  • CVE-2016-4447: Fixed a heap-based buffer-underreads due to xmlParseName [bsc#981548].
  • CVE-2016-4448: Fixed some format string warnings with possible format string vulnerability [bsc#981549],
  • CVE-2016-4449: Fixed inappropriate fetch of entities content [bsc#981550].
  • CVE-2016-3705: Fixed missing increment of recursion counter.

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 Desktop 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-915=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-915=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-915=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-915=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-915=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-915=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-915=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-915=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-24.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-24.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-24.1

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