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SUSE: 2019:1834-1 Moderate: Expat Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a security patch for expat, addressing a significant vulnerability that impacts various SUSE offerings.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for expat fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-20843: Fixed a denial of service triggered by high resource consumption in the XML parser when XML names contain a large amount of colons (bsc#1139937). 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 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1834=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1834=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1834=1 - SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service SUSE expat

References

#1139937

Cross- CVE-2018-20843

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20843.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1139937

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1834-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service SUSE expat

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