openSUSE Security Update : libxslt (openSUSE-2020-731)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136963

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libxslt fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2019-13118: Fixed a read of uninitialized stack data (bsc#1140101).

- CVE-2019-13117: Fixed a uninitialized read which allowed to discern whether a byte on the stack contains certain special characters (bsc#1140095).

- CVE-2019-18197: Fixed a dangling pointer in xsltCopyText which may have led to information disclosure (bsc#1154609).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libxslt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140095

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140101

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1154609

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136963

File Name: openSUSE-2020-731.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2020

Updated: 6/5/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-python-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13117, CVE-2019-13118, CVE-2019-18197