Fedora 11 : libxml2-2.7.3-3.fc11 (2009-8498)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40570

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

two patches for parsing problems raised by Ficora

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Solution

Update the affected libxml2 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40570

File Name: fedora_2009-8498.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libxml2, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416

BID: 36010

CWE: 119, 399

FEDORA: 2009-8498

Detections

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