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openSUSE Leap 15.3: 2021:3639-1 Low: Tinyxml Infinite Loop

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Patch for tinyxml security flaw in openSUSE released. Upgrade promptly to enhance system defense against prolonged execution.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for tinyxml fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-42260: Fixed an infinite loop for inputs containing the

sequence 0xEF0x00 (bsc#1191576)

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-15.3-2021-3639=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libtinyxml0-2.6.2-3.3.1

libtinyxml0-debuginfo-2.6.2-3.3.1

tinyxml-debugsource-2.6.2-3.3.1

tinyxml-devel-2.6.2-3.3.1

tinyxml-docs-2.6.2-3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42260.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1191576

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:3639-1
Rating: low
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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