openSUSE Security Update : xerces-j2 (openSUSE-2017-1179)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 104083

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

xerces-j2 was updated to fix several issues.

This security issue was fixed :

- bsc#814241: Prevent possible DoS through very long attribute names

This non-security issue was fixed :

- Prevent StackOverflowError when applying a pattern restriction on long strings while trying to validate an XML file against a schema (bsc#1047536, bsc#879138)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected xerces-j2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 104083

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1179.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/23/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-j2-xml-apis, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-j2-xml-resolver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-j2-scripts, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-j2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-j2-demo

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2017

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