SUSE: 2022:3717-1 Important: Libxml2 XSS, Overflow And Corruption
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October 25, 2022
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-3709: Fixed possible XSS vulnerability (bsc#1201978). - CVE-2022-40303: Fixed integer overflows with XML_PARSE_HUGE (bsc#1204366). - CVE-2022-40304: Fixed dict corruption caused by entity reference cycles (bsc#1204367). 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-9-2022-3717=1 - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9: zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2022-3717=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2022-3717=1
Topics Covered
References
#1201978 #1204366 #1204367
Cross- CVE-2016-3709 CVE-2022-40303 CVE-2022-40304
CVSS scores:
CVE-2016-3709 (NVD) : 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE-2016-3709 (SUSE): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVE-2022-40303 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2022-40304 (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 Server 12-SP2-BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3717-1
Rating: important
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