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openSUSE Leap 15.3 & 15.4 Important: Python-Libxml2 Update

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Calendar Grey March 10, 2022
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Addresses a critical memory management flaw in python-libxml2-python pertaining to openSUSE Leap versions 15.3 and 15.4 with an essential patch.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for python-libxml2-python fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-23308: Fixed a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes

(bsc#1196490).

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-15.4-2022-802=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-802=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-3.40.1

python2-libxml2-python-2.9.7-3.40.1

python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.40.1

python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-3.40.1

python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.40.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-3.40.1

python2-libxml2-python-2.9.7-3.40.1

python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.40.1

python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-3.40.1

python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-3.40.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23308.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196490

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0802-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 openSUSE Leap 15.4 .

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