openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2 ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:0446-1 Rating: moderate References: #1005544 #1010675 #1013930 #1014873 #1017497 Cross-References: CVE-2016-4658 CVE-2016-9318 CVE-2016-9597 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available. Description: This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2016-4658: use-after-free error could lead to crash [bsc#1005544] * Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873] * CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing for DoS (bsc#1017497). For CVE-2016-9318 we decided not to ship a fix since it can break existing setups. Please take appropriate actions if you parse untrusted XML files and use the new -noxxe flag if possible (bnc#1010675, bnc#1013930). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 42.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-244=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (i586 x86_64): libxml2-2-2.9.4-3.1 libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.4-3.1 libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-3.1 libxml2-devel-2.9.4-3.1 libxml2-tools-2.9.4-3.1 libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.4-3.1 python-libxml2-2.9.4-3.1 python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.4-3.1 python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.4-3.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch): libxml2-doc-2.9.4-3.1 - openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64): libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.4-3.1 libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.4-3.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.4-3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4658.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9318.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9597.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1005544 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1010675 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013930 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014873 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1017497