openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0255-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 53766

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A bug in the Xpath processing inside libxml2 has been fixed.
CVE-2010-4494 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=661471

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00036.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 53766

File Name: suse_11_2_libxml2-110104.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4494