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SUSE-SU-2018:0401-1 Not scored

Security update for libxml2

This update for libxml2 fixes one issue. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-15412: Prevent use after free when calling XPath extension functions that allowed remote attackers to cause DoS or potentially RCE (bsc#1077993) - CVE-2016-5131: Use-after-free vulnerability in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the XPointer range-to function. (bsc#1078813) - CVE-2017-5130: Fixed a potential remote buffer overflow in function xmlMemoryStrdup() (bsc#1078806)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published February 8, 2018
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 Desktop 12 SP3 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 python-libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 libxml2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 libxml2

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:0401-1

This update for libxml2 fixes one issue. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2017-15412: Prevent use after free when calling XPath extension functions that allowed remote attackers to cause DoS or potentially RCE (bsc#1077993) - CVE-2016-5131: Use-after-free vulnerability in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the XPointer range-to function. (bsc#1078813) - CVE-2017-5130: Fixed a potential remote buffer overflow in function xmlMemoryStrdup() (bsc#1078806)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence