SUSE-SU-2024:0300-1: Security update for xerces-c

Published Feb 1, 2024
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Updated

This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues: CVE-2018-1311: fixed use-after-free triggered during the scanning of external DTDs potentially leading to DOS. (bsc#1159552)

Affected Software

42 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/xerces-c-debuginfo<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c-devel<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/xerces-c-debugsource<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/xerces-c-debuginfo<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c-devel<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/xerces-c-debugsource<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/xerces-c-debuginfo<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c-devel<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/xerces-c-debugsource<3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
suse/libxerces-c<3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/xerces-c-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libxerces-c-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libxerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3_1-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/xerces-c-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libxerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libxerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libxerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3_1-32bit-debuginfo-3.1.4-150200.10.11.1
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade xerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-300=1
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade xerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2024-300=1
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade xerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-300=1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade xerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2024-300=1
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade xerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2024-300=1
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade xerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2024-300=1
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade xerces-c to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2024-300=1

Event History

Feb 1, 2024
Advisory Published
via SUSE·04:30 PM

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