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SUSE: 2021:2935-1 Critical: Update For OpenSSL Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 2, 2021
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Patch addresses critical memory management flaw in xerces-c affecting various SUSE distributions, reinforcing stable security protocols.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-1311: Fixed use-after-free inside XML parser during the scanning of external DTDs (bsc#1159552). 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 Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-2920=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-2920=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-2920=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1:

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security advisory update security fix important suse linux xerces-c use-after-free

References

#1159552

Cross- CVE-2018-1311

CVSS scores:

CVE-2018-1311 (NVD) : 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2018-1311 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2920-1
Rating: important

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security advisory update security fix important suse linux xerces-c use-after-free

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