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SuSE 11 Security Update : libneon (SAT Patch Number 1376)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 42301
Synopsis
The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.Description
neon did not properly handle embedded NUL characters in X.509 certificates when comparing host names. Attackers could exploit that to spoof SSL servers. (CVE-2009-2408)Specially crafted XML documents that contain a large number of nested entity references could cause neon to consume large amounts of CPU and memory. (CVE-2009-2473)
Solution
Apply SAT patch number 1376.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528370
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532345
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 42301
File Name: suse_11_libneon-devel-091012.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/29/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libneon27, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libneon27-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:neon, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2408, CVE-2009-2473