SUSE Linux Enterprise 15: 2022:3871-1 Important: XSS And Overflow
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November 4, 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: - openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.2-2022-3871=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.4: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-3871=1 - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-3871=1 - SUSE Manager Server 4.1:
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 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-...
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3871-1
Rating: important
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