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openSUSE 15.1: 2020:0781-1 Moderate: libxml2 Memory Leak Fix

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Calendar Grey June 8, 2020
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest libxml2 update resolves a memory leak issue classified as moderate in severity. This update includes comprehensive instructions for applying the necessary patches.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2019-19956: Reverted the upstream fix for this memory leak because

it introduced other, more severe vulnerabilities (bsc#1172021).

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

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-2020-781=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

libxml2-2-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

libxml2-devel-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

libxml2-tools-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

python2-libxml2-python-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

libxml2-doc-2.9.7-lp151.5.12.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19956.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172021

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0781-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.1

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