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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-lxml (SUSE-SU-2022:2878-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164368

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2878-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2022-2309: Fixed NULL pointer dereference due to state leak between parser runs (bsc#1201253).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python3-lxml, python3-lxml-devel and / or python3-lxml-doc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1201253

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2309

http://www.nessus.org/u?b682b4f2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164368

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2878-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2309

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-lxml, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-lxml-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-lxml-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2309

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2878-1