SUSE-SU-2012:1636-1: important: Security update for libxml2

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1636-1
Rating:             important
References:         #793334 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-5134
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 one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   A heap-based buffer underflow in the entity decoding of
   libxml2 could have  caused a Denial of Service or
   potentially allowed the execution of  arbitrary code. This
   has been fixed.

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-5134
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5134
   >


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-libxml2-7140

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-7140

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-7140

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-libxml2-7140

   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-2.7.6-0.21.1

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

      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.6-0.21.1

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

      libxml2-2.7.6-0.21.1
      libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.21.1
      libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.21.1

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

      libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.21.1

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

      libxml2-2.7.6-0.21.1
      libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.21.1
      libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.21.1

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

      libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.21.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      libxml2-x86-2.7.6-0.21.1

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

      libxml2-2.6.23-15.35.1
      libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.35.1
      libxml2-python-2.6.23-15.35.1

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

      libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.35.1
      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64):

      libxml2-x86-2.6.23-15.35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      libxml2-64bit-2.6.23-15.35.1
      libxml2-devel-64bit-2.6.23-15.35.1

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

      libxml2-2.7.6-0.21.1
      libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.21.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.21.1

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

      libxml2-2.6.23-15.35.1
      libxml2-devel-2.6.23-15.35.1
      libxml2-python-2.6.23-15.35.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      libxml2-32bit-2.6.23-15.35.1
      libxml2-devel-32bit-2.6.23-15.35.1

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

      libxml2-test-2.6.23-15.35.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5134.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/793334
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=109525a062f4923fd62bd1c1a3772bd8
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b31152ce7358e67eddba6c88cfe97cac