SUSE-SU-2016:1508-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:1508-1

    Published: 7 Jun 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for expat

    Details: This update for expat fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2016-0718: Fix Expat XML parser that mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents. (bsc#979441) - CVE-2015-1283: Fix multiple integer overflows. (bnc#980391)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161508-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/979441, https://bugzilla.suse.com/980391, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1283, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0718

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: expat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0-17.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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