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openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-2020-781)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137230

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2019-19956: Reverted the upstream fix for this memory leak because it introduced other, more severe vulnerabilities (bsc#1172021).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172021

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137230

File Name: openSUSE-2020-781.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2020

Updated: 3/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-libxml2-python-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python2-libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python2-libxml2-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-libxml2-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2-debuginfo

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: 6/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19956