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SUSE: 2024:3968-1 moderate: expat denial of service fix

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
Patch announcement concerning expat focused on mitigating a denial of service vulnerability, Release Identifier: SUSE-SU-2024:3968-1 for SUSE Linux Enterprise.
* bsc#1232579 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-50602

Summary

## This update for expat fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-50602: Fixed a denial of service via XML_ResumeParser (bsc#1232579). ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2024-3968=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5 (x86_64) * expat-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-21.40.1 * libexpat1-debuginfo-2.1.0-21.40.1 * expat-debugsource-2.1.0-21.40.1 * libexpat1-2.1.0-21.40.1 * expat-2.1.0-21.40.1 * libexpat1-32bit-2.1.0-21.40.1

References

* bsc#1232579

Cross-

* CVE-2024-50602

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-50602 ( SUSE ): 5.6

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2024-50602 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2024-50602 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security 12-SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50602.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232579

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3968-1
Release Date: 2024-11-11T08:57:56Z
Rating: moderate

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