openSUSE: 2013:0178-1 Important: Libxml2 Denial of Service Risk
opensuse
January 23, 2013
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.
Topics Covered
Patch
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/standard/i586/patchinfo.30:
zypper in -t patch 2012-19
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 (i586 x86_64):
libxml2-2.7.8-37.1
libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.8-37.1
libxml2-debugsource-2.7.8-37.1
libxml2-devel-2.7.8-37.1
- openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 (x86_64):
libxml2-32bit-2.7.8-37.1
libxml2-debuginfo-32bit-2.7.8-37.1
libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.8-37.1
- openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 (noarch):
libxml2-doc-2.7.8-37.1
- openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30 (ia64):
libxml2-debuginfo-x86-2.7.8-37.1
libxml2-x86-2.7.8-37.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5134.html
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0178-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE 11.4/standard/i586/patchinfo.30
Topics Covered
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