Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 646
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 646

SUSE: 2020:1532-1 Moderate Security Update for Libxml2 Memory Leak Issue

suse
Calendar Grey June 4, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for libxml2 addresses a memory overflow issue and brings additional corrections as outlined in the announcement.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2019-19956: Reverted the upstream fix for this memory leak because it introduced other, more severe vulnerabilities (bsc#1172021). 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 Python2 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP1-2020-1532=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1532=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): python-libxml2-python-debugsource-2.9.7-3.22.1

References

#1172021

Cross- CVE-2019-19956

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19956.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172021

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1532-1
Rating: moderate

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Related News

Your message here