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SuSE 11 Security Update : perl-HTML-Parser (SAT Patch Number 1495)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43084

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted HTML documents could cause perl-HTML-Parser to run into an endless loop. (CVE-2009-3627)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1495.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550076

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3627.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43084

File Name: suse_11_perl-HTML-Parser-091030.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perl-html-parser

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3627

CWE: 20