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SUSE Linux Enterprise: 2022:3597-1 Critical: Expat Use-After-Free

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Calendar Grey October 17, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Update for libxml2 addresses severe security flaws. Ensure your systems are safe with the newest updates and defensive measures.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for expat fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-40674: Fixed use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (bsc#1203438). 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: - openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.2-2022-3597=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-3597=1 - SUSE Manager Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.1-2022-3597=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.1-2022-3597=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1:

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security advisory critical patch SUSE use-after-free expat

References

#1203438

Cross- CVE-2022-40674

CVSS scores:

CVE-2022-40674 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2022-40674 (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 CaaS Platform 4.0

SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

SUSE Enterprise Storage 7

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3597-1
Rating: important

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