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openSUSE Security Update : expat (openSUSE-2019-1777)
high Nessus Plugin ID 126907
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.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).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Solution
Update the affected expat packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 126907
File Name: openSUSE-2019-1777.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/22/2019
Updated: 5/9/2024
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: 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:opensuse:libexpat-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:expat, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:expat-32bit-debuginfo, 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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-20843