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SUSE-SU-2017:1454-1 Not scored

Security update for libxml2

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-9047, CVE-2017-9048: The function xmlSnprintfElementContent in valid.c was vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1039063, bsc#1039064) - CVE-2017-9049: The function xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read. (bsc#1039066) - CVE-2017-9050: The function xmlDictAddString was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read (bsc#1039661) - CVE-2016-1839: heap-based buffer overflow (xmlDictAddString func) (bnc#1039069)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 30, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 libxml2

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2017:1454-1

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-9047, CVE-2017-9048: The function xmlSnprintfElementContent in valid.c was vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1039063, bsc#1039064) - CVE-2017-9049: The function xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read. (bsc#1039066) - CVE-2017-9050: The function xmlDictAddString was vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read (bsc#1039661) - CVE-2016-1839: heap-based buffer overflow (xmlDictAddString func) (bnc#1039069)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence