This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-14404: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the xmlXPathCompOpEval() function when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case leading to a denial of service attack (bsc#1102046) Other Issue fixed: - Fixed a bug related to the fix for CVE-2016-9318 which allowed xsltproc to access the internet even when --nonet was given and also was making docbook-xsl-stylesheets to have incomplete xml catalog file (bsc#1010675, bsc#1126613 and bsc#1110146). 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:
#1010675 #1102046 #1110146 #1126613
Cross- CVE-2016-9318 CVE-2018-14404
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9318.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14404.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1010675
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102046
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1110146
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1126613
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