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SUSE: CVE-2017-5969: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/26/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

** DISPUTED ** libxml2 2.9.4, when used in recover mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted XML document. NOTE: The maintainer states "I would disagree of a CVE with the Recover parsing option which should only be used for manual recovery at least for XML parser."

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libxml2
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-2
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-doc
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-tools
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-x86
  • suse-upgrade-python-libxml2
  • suse-upgrade-python2-libxml2-python
  • suse-upgrade-python3-libxml2-python
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp2-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:1670-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1813-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2701-1
  • 96188
  • GLSA-201711-01
  • CVE-2017-5969

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