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SUSE: 2012:1636-1 Important: libxml2 Buffer Underflow Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2012
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for libxml2 addresses a severe buffer overflow vulnerability, reinforcing both system integrity and overall security.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

A heap-based buffer underflow in the entity decoding of libxml2 could have caused a Denial of Service or potentially allowed the execution of arbitrary code. This has been fixed. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-5134 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libxml2-7140 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-7140 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-7140 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libxml2-7140

References

#793334

Cross- CVE-2012-5134

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5134.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1636-1
Rating: important

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