openSUSE Security Update: libxml2: fixed buffer overflow during decoding entities ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0178-1 Rating: important References: #793334 Cross-References: CVE-2012-5134 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: A Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30: zypper in -t patch 2012-19 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 (i586 x86_64): libxml2-2.7.8-37.1 libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.8-37.1 libxml2-debugsource-2.7.8-37.1 libxml2-devel-2.7.8-37.1 - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 (x86_64): libxml2-32bit-2.7.8-37.1 libxml2-debuginfo-32bit-2.7.8-37.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.8-37.1 - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 (noarch): libxml2-doc-2.7.8-37.1 - openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 (ia64): libxml2-debuginfo-x86-2.7.8-37.1 libxml2-x86-2.7.8-37.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5134.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/793334