SUSE-SU-2013:0744-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2

[sle-security-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:0744-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #805233 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-0338 CVE-2013-0339
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
                    SLE SDK 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   libxml2 has been updated to fix entity expansion problems:

   * CVE-2013-0338: Internal entity expansion within XML
   was not bounded, leading to simple small XML files being
   able to cause "out of memory" denial of service conditions.

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2013-0338
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0338
   >
   * CVE-2013-0339
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0339
   >


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 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-libxml2-7517

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-7517

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-7517

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libxml2-7517

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      libxml2-2.7.6-0.23.1
      libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.23.1
      libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):

      libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-2.7.6-0.23.1
      libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.23.1
      libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-2.6.23-15.37.1
      libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.37.1
      libxml2-python-2.6.23-15.37.1

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

      libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.37.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      libxml2-x86-2.6.23-15.37.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      libxml2-64bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
      libxml2-devel-64bit-2.6.23-15.37.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      libxml2-2.7.6-0.23.1
      libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.23.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):

      libxml2-2.6.23-15.37.1
      libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.37.1
      libxml2-python-2.6.23-15.37.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.37.1
      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.37.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-test-2.6.23-15.37.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0338.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0339.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/805233
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=dfd9d469ee1615731b1403a0c070bfa5
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f2f3f25cb4786580570e533ba525fef0