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openSUSE Security Update : perl-XML-LibXML (openSUSE-2015-571)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85840

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

perl-XML-LibXML was updated to version 2.0.121 to fix one security vulnerability.

 - Fix 'expand_entities' option that was not preserved under some circumstances. (bsc#929237, CVE-2015-3451)

Solution

Update the affected perl-XML-LibXML packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=929237

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85840

File Name: openSUSE-2015-571.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-xml-libxml, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-xml-libxml-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-xml-libxml-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3451