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openSUSE Security Update : libxslt (libxslt-110)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40059

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A heap overflow in the RC4 cryptographic routines in libxslt was fixed which could be used by attackers to potentially execute code.
(CVE-2008-2935)

Solution

Update the affected libxslt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410256

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40059

File Name: suse_11_0_libxslt-080720.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2935

CWE: 119