SUSE-SU-2015:0003-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:0003-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #901546 #908376 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-3660
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:

   This libxml2 update fixes the following security and non-security issues:

   - Fix a denial of service via recursive entity expansion. (CVE-2014-3660,
     bnc#901546, bgo#738805)
   - Fix a regression in xzlib compression support. (bnc#908376)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-devel-2.9.1-10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-2-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-tools-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-10.1
      python-libxml2-2.9.1-10.1
      python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-10.1
      python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (noarch):

      libxml2-doc-2.9.1-10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):

      libxml2-2-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-tools-2.9.1-10.1
      libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-10.1
      python-libxml2-2.9.1-10.1
      python-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-10.1
      python-libxml2-debugsource-2.9.1-10.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3660.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901546
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908376



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