openSUSE-SU-2016:1744-1: moderate: Security update for xerces-c - openSUSE Updates

5 Jul 2016


      openSUSE Security Update: Security update for xerces-c
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2016:1744-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #979208 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-2099
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.2
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
xerces-c was updated to fix one security issue.
This security issue was fixed:
   - CVE-2016-2099: Use-after-free vulnerability in
     validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++. It did not properly
     handle exceptions raised in the XMLReader class, which allowed
     context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid
     character in an XML document (bsc#979208).
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 13.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-833=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):
libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-13.6.1
      libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-13.6.1
      libxerces-c-devel-3.1.1-13.6.1
      xerces-c-3.1.1-13.6.1
      xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-13.6.1
      xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-13.6.1
- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):
libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-13.6.1
      libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-13.6.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2099.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/979208