openSUSE Security Update: libxml2: Fixing invalid memory access in the xpath handling (CVE-2010-4008). ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2010:1004-1 Rating: important References: #648277 Cross-References: CVE-2010-4008 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.3 openSUSE 11.2 openSUSE 11.1 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
libxml2: Invalid memory access in the xpath handling has been fixed. CVE-2010-4008 has been assigned to this issue.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 11.3:
zypper in -t patch libxml2-3459
- openSUSE 11.2:
zypper in -t patch libxml2-3459
- openSUSE 11.1:
zypper in -t patch libxml2-3459
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):
libxml2-2.7.7-4.3.1 libxml2-devel-2.7.7-4.3.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):
libxml2-32bit-2.7.7-4.3.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.7-4.3.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (noarch):
libxml2-doc-2.7.7-4.3.1
- openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64):
libxml2-2.7.3-2.3.1 libxml2-devel-2.7.3-2.3.1 libxml2-doc-2.7.3-2.3.1
- openSUSE 11.2 (x86_64):
libxml2-32bit-2.7.3-2.3.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.3-2.3.1
- openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64):
libxml2-2.7.1-9.9.1 libxml2-devel-2.7.1-9.9.1 libxml2-doc-2.7.1-9.9.1
- openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64):
libxml2-32bit-2.7.1-9.9.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.1-9.9.1
- openSUSE 11.1 (ppc):
libxml2-64bit-2.7.1-9.9.1 libxml2-devel-64bit-2.7.1-9.9.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4008.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/648277