SB2018101502 - OpenSUSE Linux update for libxml2

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14404)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the xmlXPathCompOpEval() function, as defined in the path.c source code file due to improper parsing of invalid XPath expressions in the XPATH_OP_AND and XPATH_OP_OR cases. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input to an application that is using the affected library, trigger a NULL pointer dereference and cause the application to crash.

2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14567)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the liblzma error code of the GNOME libxml2 library due to an infinite loop condition in the Lempel–Ziv–Markov (LZMA) decompression feature during the processing of XML files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening an XML file that submits malicious input, trigger a LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR condition and cause the service to crash.

3) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-9251)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the xz_decomp() function of the GNOME libxml2 library, as defined in the xzlib.c source code due to an infinite loop condition in the Lempel-Ziv-Markov (LZMA) decompression feature during the processing of XML files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted XML file that submits malicious input, trigger an LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR condition and cause the application to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00029.html