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openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0073-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75936

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted XPath expressions could allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact (CVE-2011-2821,CVE-2011-2834).

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732787

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00026.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75936

File Name: suse_11_4_libxml2-111201.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2821, CVE-2011-2834