Bug 981550 (CVE-2016-4449) - VUL-0: CVE-2016-4449: libxml2: Inappropriate fetch of entities content
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2016-4449: libxml2: Inappropriate fetch of entities content
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2016-4449
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
Target Milestone: ---
Deadline: 2016-06-17
Assignee: Security Team bot
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/169425/
Whiteboard: CVSSv2:RedHat:CVE-2016-4449:4.3:(AV:N...
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Reported: 2016-05-25 07:31 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified: 2016-08-30 12:21 UTC (History)
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Found By: Security Response Team
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Description Alexander Bergmann 2016-05-25 07:31:42 UTC 
rh#1338701

A vulnerability was found in the libxml2 library. The parser would fetch content of an external entity while not in validating mode.

References:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761430

Upstream fix:

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338701
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-4449
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/403
Comment 1 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-05-25 22:01:04 UTC 
bugbot adjusting priority
Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-06-03 07:29:34 UTC 
An update workflow for this issue was started.
This issue was rated as moderate.
Please submit fixed packages until 2016-06-17.
When done, reassign the bug to security-team@suse.de.
https://swamp.suse.de/webswamp/wf/62794
Comment 9 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-06-09 16:10:08 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:1538-1: An update that fixes 15 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 963963,965283,978395,981040,981041,981108,981109,981111,981112,981114,981115,981548,981549,981550
CVE References: CVE-2015-8806,CVE-2016-1762,CVE-2016-1833,CVE-2016-1834,CVE-2016-1835,CVE-2016-1837,CVE-2016-1838,CVE-2016-1839,CVE-2016-1840,CVE-2016-2073,CVE-2016-3705,CVE-2016-4447,CVE-2016-4448,CVE-2016-4449,CVE-2016-4483
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-24.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-24.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-24.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-24.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-24.1
Comment 10 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-06-16 11:13:04 UTC 
openSUSE-SU-2016:1595-1: An update that fixes 15 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 963963,965283,978395,981040,981041,981108,981109,981111,981112,981114,981115,981548,981549,981550
CVE References: CVE-2015-8806,CVE-2016-1762,CVE-2016-1833,CVE-2016-1834,CVE-2016-1835,CVE-2016-1837,CVE-2016-1838,CVE-2016-1839,CVE-2016-1840,CVE-2016-2073,CVE-2016-3705,CVE-2016-4447,CVE-2016-4448,CVE-2016-4449,CVE-2016-4483
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 42.1 (src):    libxml2-2.9.1-19.1, python-libxml2-2.9.1-19.1
Comment 11 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-06-17 13:10:31 UTC 
SUSE-SU-2016:1604-1: An update that fixes 15 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 963963,965283,978395,981040,981041,981108,981109,981111,981112,981114,981115,981548,981549,981550
CVE References: CVE-2015-8806,CVE-2016-1762,CVE-2016-1833,CVE-2016-1834,CVE-2016-1835,CVE-2016-1837,CVE-2016-1838,CVE-2016-1839,CVE-2016-1840,CVE-2016-2073,CVE-2016-3705,CVE-2016-4447,CVE-2016-4448,CVE-2016-4449,CVE-2016-4483
Sources used:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
SUSE Manager 2.1 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2 (src):    libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1, libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4
Comment 12 Marcus Meissner 2016-08-01 09:18:37 UTC 
all released