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SuSE 11 Security Update : libxml2 (SAT Patch Number 1177)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41436

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of libxml2 does not use pointers after they were freed anymore. (CVE-2009-2416)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1177.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=528007

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2416.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41436

File Name: suse_11_libxml2-090807.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-doc

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2416

CWE: 399