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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : xerces-c (SUSE-SU-2021:2944-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152988

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2944-1 advisory.

 - The Apache Xerces-C 3.0.0 to 3.2.3 XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs. This flaw has not been addressed in the maintained version of the library and has no current mitigation other than to disable DTD processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable. (CVE-2018-1311)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libxerces-c-3_1, libxerces-c-3_1-32bit and / or libxerces-c-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159552

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1311

http://www.nessus.org/u?8539a270

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152988

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2944-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2021

Updated: 7/14/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1311

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-3_1-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-3_1

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: 9/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1311

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2944-1