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SUSE: 2018:3277-1 Moderate: Xerces-c Denial of Service Fix

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for Xerces-c addresses moderate risks and includes crucial guidance for updates.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for Xerces-c fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-12627: Processing of external DTD paths could have resulted in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions (bsc#1083630). - CVE-2016-4463: Prevent stack-based buffer overflow that allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD (bsc#985860). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sdksp4-Xerces-c-13828=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-Xerces-c-13828=1 Package List:

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service buffer overflow SUSE Xerces-c

References

#1083630 #985860

Cross- CVE-2016-4463 CVE-2017-12627

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4463.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12627.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083630

https://bugzilla.suse.com/985860

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3277-1
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service buffer overflow SUSE Xerces-c

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