openSUSE 10 Security Update : libxml2 (libxml2-6405)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42021

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of libxml2 does not use pointers after they were freed anymore. (CVE-2009-2416) Additionally a stack-based buffer overflow was fixed while parsing the root XML document. (CVE-2009-2414)

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42021

File Name: suse_libxml2-6405.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/6/2009

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: 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2009

Reference Information

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

CWE: 119, 399

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