SuSE 11 Security Update : Xerces-j2 (SAT Patch Number 1235)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41462

Synopsis

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

Description

The xerces-j2 package was vulnerable to various bugs while parsing XML.CVE-2009-2625 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1235.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530717

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2625.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41462

File Name: suse_11_xerces-j2-090820.nasl

Version: 1.13

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: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xerces-j2, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xerces-j2-xml-apis, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:xerces-j2-xml-resolver

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2625

CWE: 264