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SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1 Not scored

Security update for libxml2

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: * Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873] * CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing for DoS (bsc#1017497) * CVE-2014-0191: External parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled could cause a DoS. (bsc#876652) * CVE-2016-9318: XML External Entity (XXE) could be abused via crafted document. (bsc#1010675)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 22, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 libxml2

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: * Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873] * CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing for DoS (bsc#1017497) * CVE-2014-0191: External parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled could cause a DoS. (bsc#876652) * CVE-2016-9318: XML External Entity (XXE) could be abused via crafted document. (bsc#1010675)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence