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An expat security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap 15.4.



SUSE-SU-2022:3884-1: important: Security update for expat


SUSE Security Update: Security update for expat
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3884-1
Rating: important
References: #1204708
Cross-References: CVE-2022-43680
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-43680 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2022-43680 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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 Micro 5.3
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 one vulnerability is now available.
Description:

This update for expat fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-43680: Fixed use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate (bsc#1204708).

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-15.4-2022-3884=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP4-2022-3884=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2022-3884=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

expat-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
expat-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
expat-debugsource-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64):

expat-32bit-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat-devel-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1

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

expat-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
expat-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
expat-debugsource-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP4 (x86_64):
expat-32bit-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64):
expat-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
expat-debugsource-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1
libexpat1-debuginfo-2.4.4-150400.3.12.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43680.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1204708