A libxml2 security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap 15.4.

SUSE-SU-2022:2552-1: important: Security update for libxml2

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libxml2
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:2552-1
Rating: important
References: #1196490 #1199132
Cross-References: CVE-2022-23308 CVE-2022-29824
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-23308 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2022-23308 (SUSE): 7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVE-2022-29824 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2022-29824 (SUSE): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP4SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
openSUSE Leap 15.4
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

Update to 2.9.14:

- CVE-2022-29824: Fixed integer overflow that could have led to an out-of-bounds write in buf.c (xmlBuf*) and tree.c (xmlBuffer*) (bsc#1199132).

Update to version 2.9.13:

- CVE-2022-23308: Fixed a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes. (bsc#1196490)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-2552=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-2552=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-devel-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64):

libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-devel-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch):

libxml2-doc-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libxml2-2-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-debugsource-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-devel-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-tools-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
python3-libxml2-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 (x86_64):
libxml2-2-32bit-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1
libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.9.14-150400.5.7.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23308.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29824.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196490
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1199132