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SUSE: 2017:2130-1 Critical Update: Libsoup Buffer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey August 10, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for libxml2 tackles significant memory corruption vulnerabilities with detailed setup guidelines included.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for libsoup fixes the following issues: - A bug in the HTTP Chunked Encoding code has been fixed that could have been exploited by attackers to cause a stack-based buffer overflow in client or server code running libsoup (bsc#1052916, CVE-2017-2885). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1317=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1317=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1317=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1317=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important libsoup SUSE OpenStack

References

#1052916

Cross- CVE-2017-2885

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2885.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052916

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2130-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important libsoup SUSE OpenStack

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