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SUSE: 2024:1130-2 Critical: Remote Code Exec & JSON Patch

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2024
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This release focuses on critical weaknesses in expat, offering significant resolutions for Denial of Service and XML handling concerns.
* bsc#1219559 * bsc#1221289 Cross-References: * CVE-2023-52425

Summary

## This update for expat fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-52425: Fixed a DoS caused by processing large tokens. (bsc#1219559) * CVE-2024-28757: Fixed an XML Entity Expansion. (bsc#1221289) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-1129=1 * openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2024-1129=1 * openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2024-1129=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-1129=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2024-1129=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory update DoS patch important XML processing expat

References

* bsc#1219559

* bsc#1221289

Cross-

* CVE-2023-52425

* CVE-2024-28757

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2023-52425 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2023-52425 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-28757 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP5

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1129-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory update DoS patch important XML processing expat

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