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Slackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : libxml2 (SSA:2021-135-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149513

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue.

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ab5576ee

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149513

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2021-135-01.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 5/17/2021

Updated: 7/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3541

SSA: 2021-135-01