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openSUSE Security Update : expat (openSUSE-2017-260)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 97280
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for expat fixes the following security issues :- CVE-2012-6702: Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, made it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function. (bsc#983215)
- CVE-2016-5300: The XML parser in Expat did not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876. (bsc#983216)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
Solution
Update the affected expat packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 97280
File Name: openSUSE-2017-260.nasl
Version: 3.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 2/21/2017
Updated: 12/31/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous 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: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6702
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:expat-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:expat, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:expat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:expat-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2017