SUSE-SU-2019:13985-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2019:13985-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1010675 #1102046 #1110146 #1126613 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-9318 CVE-2018-14404
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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   An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:

   This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

   Security issue fixed:

   - CVE-2018-14404: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the
     xmlXPathCompOpEval() function when parsing an invalid XPath expression
     in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case leading to a denial of service
     attack (bsc#1102046)

   Other Issue fixed:

   - Fixed a bug related to the fix for CVE-2016-9318 which allowed xsltproc
     to access the internet even when --nonet was given and also was making
     docbook-xsl-stylesheets to have incomplete xml catalog file
     (bsc#1010675, bsc#1126613 and bsc#1110146).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libxml2-13985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxml2-13985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sleposp3-libxml2-13985=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libxml2-13985=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-devel-2.7.6-0.77.15.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.77.15.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
      libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
      libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.77.15.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.77.15.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (ia64):

      libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.77.15.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586):

      libxml2-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
      libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
      libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.77.15.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
      libxml2-debugsource-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
      libxml2-python-debuginfo-2.7.6-0.77.15.1
      libxml2-python-debugsource-2.7.6-0.77.15.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9318.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14404.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1010675
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102046
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1110146
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1126613



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