SuSE 11.2 Security Update : libxml2 (SAT Patch Number 7140)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64206

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A heap-based buffer underflow in the entity decoding of libxml2 could have caused a Denial of Service or potentially allowed the execution of arbitrary code. This has been fixed.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 7140.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=793334

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5134.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64206

File Name: suse_11_libxml2-121207.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-python, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5134