openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2016:0188-1 (libxml2)

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openSUSE-SU-2016:0188-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2 
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Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:13:15 +0100 (CET)
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<20160121161315.F2A47320DF@maintenance.suse.de>
   openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2016:0188-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #960674 
Cross-References:   CVE-2015-8710
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Leap 42.1
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issue:

   - CVE-2015-8710: Parsing short unclosed HTML comment could cause
     uninitialized memory access, which allowed remote attackers to read
     contents from previous HTTP requests depending on the application
     (bsc#960674)

   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-2016-68=1

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (i586 x86_64):

      libxml2-2-2.9.1-13.1
      libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
      libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1
      libxml2-devel-2.9.1-13.1
      libxml2-tools-2.9.1-13.1
      libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
      python-libxml2-2.9.1-13.1
      python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-13.1
      python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-13.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64):

      libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
      libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-13.1
      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.1-13.1

   - openSUSE Leap 42.1 (noarch):

      libxml2-doc-2.9.1-13.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8710.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/960674