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A perl-XML-Twig security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1.



security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:1177-1: moderate: Security update for perl-XML-Twig


openSUSE Security Update: Security update for perl-XML-Twig
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:1177-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1008644
Cross-References: CVE-2016-9180
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for perl-XML-Twig fixes the following issues:

- Security fix [bsc#1008644, CVE-2016-9180]
* 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

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE 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:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-1177=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

perl-XML-Twig-3.52-lp151.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9180.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008644