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SUSE: CVE-2017-9233: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-9233: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-expat
  • suse-upgrade-libexpat-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libexpat1
  • suse-upgrade-libexpat1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libexpat1-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libpython3_4m1_0
  • suse-upgrade-libpython3_4m1_0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-python3
  • suse-upgrade-python3-base
  • suse-upgrade-python3-curses
  • suse-upgrade-python3-dbm
  • suse-upgrade-python3-devel
  • suse-upgrade-python3-tk
  • suse-upgrade-sles12-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp1-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp2-docker-image

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:2299-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2375-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2470-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2701-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:0497-1
  • DLA-990-1
  • DSA-3898
  • CVE-2017-9233
  • USN-3356-1
  • USN-3356-2
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