A libxml2 update has been released for openSUSE 11.3 and 11.4
openSUSE Security Update: libxml2: fixing heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-3919)
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0107-1
Rating: important
References: #739894
Cross-References: CVE-2011-3919
Affected Products:
openSUSE 11.4
openSUSE 11.3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
A heap-based buffer overflow during decoding of entity
references with overly long names has been fixed.
CVE-2011-3919 has been assigned.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE 11.4:
zypper in -t patch libxml2-5659
- openSUSE 11.3:
zypper in -t patch libxml2-5659
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):
libxml2-2.7.8-16.21.1
libxml2-devel-2.7.8-16.21.1
- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):
libxml2-32bit-2.7.8-16.21.1
libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.8-16.21.1
- openSUSE 11.4 (noarch):
libxml2-doc-2.7.8-16.21.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64):
libxml2-2.7.7-4.11.1
libxml2-devel-2.7.7-4.11.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64):
libxml2-32bit-2.7.7-4.11.1
libxml2-devel-32bit-2.7.7-4.11.1
- openSUSE 11.3 (noarch):
libxml2-doc-2.7.7-4.11.1
References:
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3919.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/739894
