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SUSE: 2021:2958-1 Important: Xerces-C Use-After-Free Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2021
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An important update from SUSE for xerces-c addresses a critical use-after-free vulnerability in XML processing. Ensure your system's security by installing this update.
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 Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-2958=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-10.3.1 libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-10.3.1 libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-10.3.1 xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.4-10.3.1 xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.4-10.3.1

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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 Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1311.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159552

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2958-1
Rating: important

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