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openSUSE: 2022:0503-1 Important: xerces-j2 Infinite Loop

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2022
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The xerces-j2 update for openSUSE addresses significant vulnerabilities, particularly a critical infinite loop flaw. An essential patch is now available.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for xerces-j2 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-23437: Fixed infinite loop within Apache XercesJ xml parser

(bsc#1195108).

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Topics Covered

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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 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-503=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-503=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch):

xerces-j2-2.12.0-3.3.1

xerces-j2-demo-2.12.0-3.3.1

xerces-j2-javadoc-2.12.0-3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

xerces-j2-2.12.0-3.3.1

xerces-j2-demo-2.12.0-3.3.1

xerces-j2-javadoc-2.12.0-3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23437.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195108

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0503-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 openSUSE Leap 15.4 .

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