SUSE: 2020:2173-1 moderate: perl-XML-Twig
Summary
This update for perl-XML-Twig fixes the following issues: - Security fix [bsc#1008644, CVE-2016-9180] * Added: the no_xxe option to XML::Twig::new, which causes the parse to fail if external entities are used (to prevent malicious XML to access the filesystem). * Setting expand_external_ents to 0 or -1 currently doesn't work as expected; To completely turn off expanding external entities use no_xxe. * Update documentation for XML::Twig to mention problems with expand_external_ents and add information about new no_xxe argument Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2173=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (noarch): perl-XML-Twig-3.44-5.3.1
References
#1008644
Cross- CVE-2016-9180
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9180.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008644