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SUSE: CVE-2017-16932: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/09/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libxml2
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-doc
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-x86

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0395-1
  • USN-3504-1
  • USN-3504-2
  • USN-3739-1
  • CVE-2017-16932

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