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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:1917-1 Moderate: libxml2 Exponential Expansion

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A recent update for libxml2 addresses a critical problem related to exponential entity expansion, which is particularly significant for users of openSUSE.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-3541: Fixed exponential entity expansion attack bypasses all

existing protection mechanisms. (bsc#1186015)

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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1917=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libxml2-2-2.9.7-3.37.1

libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.37.1

libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-3.37.1

libxml2-devel-2.9.7-3.37.1

libxml2-tools-2.9.7-3.37.1

libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.37.1

python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-3.37.1

python2-libxml2-python-2.9.7-3.37.1

python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.37.1

python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-3.37.1

python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.37.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

libxml2-doc-2.9.7-3.37.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.7-3.37.1

libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.37.1

libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.7-3.37.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3541.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186015

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1917-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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