openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xerces-c ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1231-1 Rating: important References: #1159552 Cross-References: CVE-2018-1311 CVSS scores: CVE-2018-1311 (NVD) : 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2018-1311 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2018-1311: Fixed use-after-free inside XML parser during the scanning of external DTDs (bsc#1159552).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1231=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1 libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1 libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1 xerces-c-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1 xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1 xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1 xerces-c-doc-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1 libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1311.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159552