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openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-2020-1465)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140688

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2020-24977: Fixed a global-buffer-overflow in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (bsc#1176179).

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=1176179

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140688

File Name: openSUSE-2020-1465.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/21/2020

Updated: 2/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24977

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-libxml2-python-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24977