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openSUSE Leap 15.1 Security Advisory: 2019:2205-1 Moderate Fix for expat

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest openSUSE Security Update addresses a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in expat, classified as having moderate risk.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for expat fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2019-15903: Fixed heap-based buffer over-read caused by crafted XML

input. (bsc#1149429)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow openSUSE expat

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2205=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

expat-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

expat-debugsource-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

libexpat-devel-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

libexpat1-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

libexpat1-debuginfo-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

expat-32bit-debuginfo-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

libexpat-devel-32bit-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

libexpat1-32bit-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo-2.2.5-lp151.3.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15903.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1149429

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2205-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow openSUSE expat

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