# Security update for xerces-c

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4586-1  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1216156

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2023-37536

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2023-37536 ( SUSE ):  8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
  * CVE-2023-37536 ( NVD ):  8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  
Affected Products:

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP4
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  * openSUSE Leap 15.3
  * openSUSE Leap 15.4
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  * SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  * SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  * SUSE Manager Server 4.3

  
  
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues:

  * CVE-2023-37536: Fixed an integer overflow that could have led to a out-of-
    bounds memory accesses (bsc#1216156).

## 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 15.3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4586=1

  * openSUSE Leap 15.4  
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4586=1

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4586=1

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP4  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-4586=1

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4586=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-4586=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-4586=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-4586=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2023-4586=1

  * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2023-4586=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * xerces-c-doc-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64_ilp32)
    * libxerces-c-3_2-64bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-64bit-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * xerces-c-doc-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * xerces-c-doc-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (aarch64
    x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64
    x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x
    x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
  * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64)
    * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2
    * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-37536.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216156

openSUSE: 2023:4586-1: important: xerces-c Security Advisory Update

November 27, 2023
This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-37536: Fixed an integer overflow that could have led to a out-of- bounds memory accesses (bsc#1216156).

Description

This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues: * CVE-2023-37536: Fixed an integer overflow that could have led to a out-of- bounds memory accesses (bsc#1216156).

 

Patch

## 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 15.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4586=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-4586=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-4586=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2023-4586=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-4586=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-4586=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-4586=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-4586=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2023-4586=1 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2023-4586=1


Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * xerces-c-doc-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64) * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64_ilp32) * libxerces-c-3_2-64bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-64bit-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * xerces-c-doc-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64) * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * xerces-c-doc-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64) * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-32bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * Basesystem Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64) * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64) * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64) * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64) * libxerces-c-devel-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debugsource-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * xerces-c-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-debuginfo-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2 * libxerces-c-3_2-3.2.3-150300.3.3.2


References

* bsc#1216156 ## References: * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-37536.html * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216156


Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4586-1
Rating: important

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