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openSUSE: 2023:4475-1 critical: OpenSSL buffer overflow vulnerability

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Calendar Grey November 16, 2023
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Recent updates patch significant security vulnerabilities in libxml2, enhancing protection for impacted SUSE versions. Discover further details.
This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-45322: Fixed a use-after-free in xmlUnlinkNode() in tree.c (bsc#1216129).

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-45322: Fixed a use-after-free in xmlUnlinkNode() in tree.c

(bsc#1216129).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat patch libxml2 openSUSE use-after-free

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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-15.4-2023-4464=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4464=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2023-4464=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-4464=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-4464=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-2-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* python3-libxml2-python-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-2-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-tools-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-150000.3.63.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1216129

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45322.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216129

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4464-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat patch libxml2 openSUSE use-after-free

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