[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1595-1: important: Security update for libxml2

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openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:1595-1

Rating: important

References: #963963 #965283 #978395 #981040 #981041 #981108

#981109 #981111 #981112 #981114 #981115 #981548

#981549 #981550

Cross-References: CVE-2015-8806 CVE-2016-1762 CVE-2016-1833

CVE-2016-1834 CVE-2016-1835 CVE-2016-1837

CVE-2016-1838 CVE-2016-1839 CVE-2016-1840

CVE-2016-2073 CVE-2016-3705 CVE-2016-4447

CVE-2016-4448 CVE-2016-4449 CVE-2016-4483

 

Affected Products:

openSUSE Leap 42.1

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An update that fixes 15 vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

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.

 

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-733=1

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

 

libxml2-2-2.9.1-19.1

libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-19.1

libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-19.1

libxml2-devel-2.9.1-19.1

libxml2-tools-2.9.1-19.1

libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-19.1

python-libxml2-2.9.1-19.1

python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-19.1

python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-19.1

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64):

 

libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-19.1

libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-19.1

libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.1-19.1

 

- openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

 

libxml2-doc-2.9.1-19.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8806.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1762.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1833.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1834.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1835.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1837.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1838.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1839.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1840.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2073.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3705.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4447.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4448.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4449.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4483.html

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

 

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