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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:1231-1 Important Xerces-C Use-After-Free

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2021
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The openSUSE project has issued a crucial update for the xerces-c package to address vulnerabilities in CVE-2018-1311, enhancing system security against potential threats
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2018-1311: Fixed use-after-free inside XML parser during the

scanning of external DTDs (bsc#1159552).

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

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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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1231=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

xerces-c-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

xerces-c-doc-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1311.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159552

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1231-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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