openSUSE Security Update: libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0701-1 Rating: moderate References: #876652 Cross-References: CVE-2014-0191 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

It was found that libxml2 incorrectly performs entity substituton in the doctype prolog, even if the application using libxml2 disabled any entity substitution. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted XML file that, when processed, would lead to the exhaustion of CPU and memory resources or file descriptors.

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:

zypper in -t patch 2014-53

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

libxml2-2.7.8-49.1 libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.8-49.1 libxml2-debugsource-2.7.8-49.1 libxml2-devel-2.7.8-49.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

libxml2-32bit-2.7.8-49.1 libxml2-debuginfo-32bit-2.7.8-49.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.8-49.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (noarch):

libxml2-doc-2.7.8-49.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (ia64):

libxml2-debuginfo-x86-2.7.8-49.1 libxml2-x86-2.7.8-49.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0191.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/876652