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openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (libxml2-502)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40058

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A previous security fix for libxml2 caused problems when processing large xml files. The patch has been reworked so processing of large files works again.

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465528

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40058

File Name: suse_11_0_libxml2-090205.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2009