[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0107-1: important: libxml2: fixing heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-3919)

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openSUSE Security Update: libxml2: fixing heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-3919)

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0107-1

Rating: important

References: #739894

Cross-References: CVE-2011-3919

Affected Products:

openSUSE 11.4

openSUSE 11.3

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

A heap-based buffer overflow during decoding of entity

references with overly long names has been fixed.

CVE-2011-3919 has been assigned.

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 11.4:

 

zypper in -t patch libxml2-5659

 

- openSUSE 11.3:

 

zypper in -t patch libxml2-5659

 

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

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

 

libxml2-2.7.8-16.21.1

libxml2-devel-2.7.8-16.21.1

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

 

libxml2-32bit-2.7.8-16.21.1

libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.8-16.21.1

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (noarch):

 

libxml2-doc-2.7.8-16.21.1

 

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):

 

libxml2-2.7.7-4.11.1

libxml2-devel-2.7.7-4.11.1

 

- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):

 

libxml2-32bit-2.7.7-4.11.1

libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.7-4.11.1

 

- openSUSE 11.3 (noarch):

 

libxml2-doc-2.7.7-4.11.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3919.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/739894

 

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