SUSE-SU-2016:1538-1

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SUSE-SU-2016:1538-1

Summary: Security update for libxml2

Details: This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-1839: A Heap-buffer overread was fixed in libxml2/dict.c [bsc#963963, bsc#965283, bsc#981114]. - CVE-2016-4483: Code was added to avoid an out of bound access when serializing malformed strings [bsc#978395]. - CVE-2016-1762: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlNextChar [bsc#981040]. - CVE-2016-1834: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlStrncat [bsc#981041]. - CVE-2016-1833: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in htmlCurrentChar [bsc#981108]. - CVE-2016-1835: Fixed a heap use-after-free in xmlSAX2AttributeNs [bsc#981109]. - CVE-2016-1837: Fixed a heap use-after-free in htmlParsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral [bsc#981111]. - CVE-2016-1838: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlParserPrintFileContextInternal [bsc#981112]. - CVE-2016-1840: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlFAParsePosCharGroup [bsc#981115]. - CVE-2016-4447: Fixed a heap-based buffer-underreads due to xmlParseName [bsc#981548]. - CVE-2016-4448: Fixed some format string warnings with possible format string vulnerability [bsc#981549], - CVE-2016-4449: Fixed inappropriate fetch of entities content [bsc#981550]. - CVE-2016-3705: Fixed missing increment of recursion counter.

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161538-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/963963, https://bugzilla.suse.com/965283, https://bugzilla.suse.com/978395, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981040, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981041, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981108, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981109, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981111, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981112, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981114, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981115, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981548, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981549, https://bugzilla.suse.com/981550, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8806, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1762, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1833, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1834, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1835, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1837, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1838, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1839, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1840, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2073, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3705, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4447, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4448, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4449, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4483