openSUSE Security Update : perl-XML-Twig (openSUSE-2020-1177)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 139477

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for perl-XML-Twig fixes the following issues :

- Security fix [bsc#1008644, CVE-2016-9180]

- Setting expand_external_ents to 0 or -1 currently doesn't work as expected; To completely turn off expanding external entities use no_xxe.

- Update documentation for XML::Twig to mention problems with expand_external_ents and add information about new no_xxe argument

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

Solution

Update the affected perl-XML-Twig package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1008644

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 139477

File Name: openSUSE-2020-1177.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/11/2020

Updated: 2/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9180

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-xml-twig, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9180