Security update for xerces-c

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1026-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-0729 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xerces-c fixes the following security issue:

  • CVE-2016-0729: Fixed mishandling certain kinds of malformed input documents, that resulted in buffer overlows during processing and error reporting. The overflows can manifest as a segmentation fault or as memory corruption during a parse operation. (bsc#966822)

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-SP1-2016-606=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-606=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-606=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-606=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-606=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-2016-606=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-devel-3.1.1-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 (x86_64)
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-7.1
    • libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-7.1
    • xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-7.1

References: