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SUSE Linux: 2019:1835-1 Moderate: Expat Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Alert: Update for expat mitigating a moderate service interruption vulnerability with detailed installation guidance provided.
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 Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2019-1835=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-1835=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service software update SUSE Linux expat patch instructions

References

#1139937

Cross- CVE-2018-20843

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1139937

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1835-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

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