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SUSE: 2020:2173-2 Moderate: Access Issue in perl-XML-Twig Component

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Calendar Grey March 1, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Bulletin rectifies perl-XML-Twig flaws. Critical enhancements for OpenStack and SLE. Apply patches immediately!
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for perl-XML-Twig fixes the following issues: - Security fix [bsc#1008644, CVE-2016-9180] * Added: the no_xxe option to XML::Twig::new, which causes the parse to fail if external entities are used (to prevent malicious XML to access the filesystem). * Setting expand_external_ents to 0 or -1 currently doesn't work as expected; To completely turn off expanding external entities use no_xxe. * Update documentation for XML::Twig to mention problems with expand_external_ents and add information about new no_xxe argument 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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE OpenStack perl-xml-twig xml access

References

#1008644

Cross- CVE-2016-9180

CVSS scores:

CVE-2016-9180 (NVD) : 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVE-2016-9180 (SUSE): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2173-2
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE OpenStack perl-xml-twig xml access

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