SUSE-SU-2016:2154-1: moderate: Security update for xerces-c

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

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for xerces-c
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:2154-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #979208 #985860 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-2099 CVE-2016-4463
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   xerces-c was updated to fix one security issue.

   This security issue was fixed:
   - CVE-2016-2099: Use-after-free vulnerability in
     validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ did not properly
     handle exceptions raised in the XMLReader class, which allowed
     context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid
     character in an XML document (bsc#979208).
   - CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser crashed on malformed DTD
     (bnc#985860).


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-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1271=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1271=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1271=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      libxerces-c-devel-3.1.1-12.3
      xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
      xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-12.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-12.3
      libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
      xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
      xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-12.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (s390x x86_64):

      libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-12.3
      libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-12.3

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.1-12.3
      libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.1-12.3
      libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
      libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit-3.1.1-12.3
      xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-12.3
      xerces-c-debugsource-3.1.1-12.3


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2099.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4463.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/979208
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/985860