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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2018:3080-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 120125
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issues :CVE-2018-9251: The xz_decomp function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint (bsc#1088279)
CVE-2018-14567: Prevent denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint (bsc#1105166)
CVE-2018-14404: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the xmlXPathCompOpEval() function when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case leading to a denial of service attack (bsc#1102046)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2182=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088279
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102046
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1105166
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14404/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14567/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 120125
File Name: suse_SU-2018-3080-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/2/2019
Updated: 7/10/2024
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-2018-14404
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-libxml2-python-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-tools, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2-debuginfo
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: 10/9/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2018