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SUSE: 2020:2612-1 Moderate: libxml2 Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Announcement regarding libxml2 addresses a significant buffer overflow vulnerability, including detailed steps for applying the update and a list of impacted software versions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-24977: Fixed a global-buffer-overflow in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (bsc#1176179). 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-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP2-2020-2612=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python2-15-SP1-2020-2612=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2612=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow SUSE libxml2 Python2

References

#1176179

Cross- CVE-2020-24977

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python2 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24977.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1176179

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2612-1
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate update buffer overflow SUSE libxml2 Python2

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