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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xerces-j2 (SUSE-SU-2022:0542-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 158229

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0542-1 advisory.

 - There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions. (CVE-2022-23437)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195108

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23437

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a36cfb0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 158229

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0542-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2022

Updated: 7/13/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23437

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xerces-j2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xerces-j2-xml-resolver, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xerces-j2-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xerces-j2-xml-apis, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xerces-j2-scripts

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: 2/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23437

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0542-1