SUSE-SU-2018:0395-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0395-1

    Published: 8 Feb 2018Last Modified: 2 May 2025

    Summary: Security update for libxml2

    Details: This update for libxml2 fixes several issues. Theses security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-16932: Fixed infinite recursion could lead to an infinite loop or memory exhaustion when expanding a parameter entity in a DTD (bsc#1069689). - CVE-2017-15412: Prevent use after free when calling XPath extension functions that allowed remote attackers to cause DoS or potentially RCE (bsc#1077993) - CVE-2016-5131: Use-after-free vulnerability in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the XPointer range-to function. (bsc#1078813) - CVE-2017-5130: Fixed a potential remote buffer overflow in function xmlMemoryStrdup() (bsc#1078806)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180395-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069689, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077993, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1078806, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1078813, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5131, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15412, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16932, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5130

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libxml2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.6-0.77.10.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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