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openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:1647-1 (libxml2)

From:  opensuse-security@opensuse.org
To:  opensuse-updates@opensuse.org
Subject:  openSUSE-SU-2012:1647-1: important: libxml2: fixed buffer overflow during decoding entities
Date:  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:08:33 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID:  <20121217110833.CAD993216D@maintenance.suse.de>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

openSUSE Security Update: libxml2: fixed buffer overflow during decoding entities ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:1647-1 Rating: important References: #793334 Cross-References: CVE-2012-5134 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2 openSUSE 12.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: A Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-854 - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-854 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64): libxml2-2-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 libxml2-debugsource-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 libxml2-devel-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 libxml2-tools-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 python-libxml2-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 python-libxml2-debugsource-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64): libxml2-2-32bit-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch): libxml2-doc-2.7.8+git20120223-8.9.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): libxml2-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 libxml2-debugsource-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 libxml2-devel-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64): libxml2-32bit-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 libxml2-debuginfo-32bit-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch): libxml2-doc-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (ia64): libxml2-debuginfo-x86-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 libxml2-x86-2.7.8+git20110708-3.15.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5134.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/793334


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