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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : expat (SUSE-SU-2019:1835-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126696

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for expat fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-20843: Fixed a denial of service triggered by high resource consumption in the XML parser when XML names contain a large amount of colons (bsc#1139937).

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 Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2019-1835=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-1835=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-1835=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139937

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20843/

http://www.nessus.org/u?53db3772

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126696

File Name: suse_SU-2019-1835-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/15/2019

Updated: 5/9/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20843

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:expat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:expat, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:expat-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:expat-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 7/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20843