Security update for Xerces-C
SUSE Security Update: Security update for Xerces-C
The Xerces-C XML parsing library was updated to fix mishandling certain
kinds of malformed input documents, that could have resulted in a
segmentation faults during a parse operation, leading to denial of service
or potential code execution. (bnc#920810,CVE-2015-0252)
Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2015:0597-1 |
Rating: | moderate |
References: | #920810 |
Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
The Xerces-C XML parsing library was updated to fix mishandling certain
kinds of malformed input documents, that could have resulted in a
segmentation faults during a parse operation, leading to denial of service
or potential code execution. (bnc#920810,CVE-2015-0252)
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 Workstation Extension 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-2015-144=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-144=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 (x86_64):
- libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-4.1
- libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-4.1
- libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-4.1
- libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-4.1
- xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-4.1
- xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-4.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
- libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-4.1
- libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-4.1
- libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-4.1
- libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-4.1
- xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-4.1
- xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-4.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0252.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/920810