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SUSE: 2020:2225-1 Moderate: Xerces-C Buffer Overflows Threat

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Calendar Grey August 13, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
Addresses a significant vulnerability in xerces-c across multiple SUSE versions. Implement the patch swiftly to ensure security.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-12627: Processing of external DTD paths could have resulted in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions (bsc#1083630) 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: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2020-2225=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2020-2225=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-2225=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2020-2225=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow doS xerces-c SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE OpenStack Cloud

References

#1083630

Cross- CVE-2017-12627

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5

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-SP5

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

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12627.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1083630

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2225-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow doS xerces-c SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE OpenStack Cloud

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