Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0049-1
Rating: moderate
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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 12 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

  • security update: This update fixes the following security issues:

    • CVE-2015-1819 Enforce the reader to run in constant memory [bnc#928193]
    • CVE-2015-7941 Fix out of bound read with crafted xml input by stopping parsing on entities boundaries errors [bnc#951734]
    • CVE-2015-7942 Fix another variation of overflow in Conditional sections [bnc#951735]
    • CVE-2015-8241 Avoid extra processing of MarkupDecl when EOF [bnc#956018]
    • CVE-2015-8242 Buffer overead with HTML parser in push mode [bnc#956021]
    • CVE-2015-8317 Return if the encoding declaration is broken or encoding conversion failed [bnc#956260]
    • CVE-2015-5312 Fix another entity expansion issue [bnc#957105]
    • CVE-2015-7497 Avoid an heap buffer overflow in xmlDictComputeFastQKey [bnc#957106]
    • CVE-2015-7498 Processes entities after encoding conversion failures [bnc#957107]
    • CVE-2015-7499 Add xmlHaltParser() to stop the parser / Detect incoherency on GROW [bnc#957109]
    • CVE-2015-8317 Multiple out-of-bound read could lead to denial of service [bnc#956260]
    • CVE-2015-8035 DoS when parsing specially crafted XML document if XZ support is enabled [bnc#954429]
    • CVE-2015-7500 Fix memory access error due to incorrect entities boundaries [bnc#957110]

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-SP1-2016-38=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-38=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-38=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-38=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-38=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-38=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-38=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-38=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
    • python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.9.1-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-13.1

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