SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1627-1
Rating:             important
References:         #829077 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-3102 CVE-2011-3919 CVE-2012-0841
                    CVE-2012-2807 CVE-2012-5134 CVE-2013-0338
                    CVE-2013-0339 CVE-2013-2877
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS
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   An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   libxml2 has been updated to fix the following security
   issue:

   * CVE-2013-0338: libxml2 allowed context-dependent
   attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory
   consumption) via an XML file containing an entity
   declaration with long replacement text and many references
   to this entity, aka "internal entity expansion" with linear
   complexity.

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2013-0338
   
   * CVE-2013-0339
   
   * CVE-2012-5134
   
   * CVE-2012-2807
   
   * CVE-2011-3102
   
   * CVE-2012-0841
   
   * CVE-2011-3919
   
   * CVE-2013-2877
   



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-2.6.23-15.39.1
      libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.39.1
      libxml2-python-2.6.23-15.39.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.39.1
      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.39.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3102.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3919.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0841.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2807.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5134.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0338.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0339.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2877.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/829077
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2013:1627-1: important: libxml2

November 4, 2013
An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

libxml2 has been updated to fix the following security issue: * CVE-2013-0338: libxml2 allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML file containing an entity declaration with long replacement text and many references to this entity, aka "internal entity expansion" with linear complexity. Security Issue references: * CVE-2013-0338 * CVE-2013-0339 * CVE-2012-5134 * CVE-2012-2807 * CVE-2011-3102 * CVE-2012-0841 * CVE-2011-3919 * CVE-2013-2877 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): libxml2-2.6.23-15.39.1 libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.39.1 libxml2-python-2.6.23-15.39.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (s390x x86_64): libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.39.1 libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.39.1

References

#829077

Cross- CVE-2011-3102 CVE-2011-3919 CVE-2012-0841

CVE-2012-2807 CVE-2012-5134 CVE-2013-0338

CVE-2013-0339 CVE-2013-2877

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3102.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3919.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0841.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2807.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5134.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0338.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0339.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2877.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/829077

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1627-1
Rating: important

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