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openSUSE 10 Security Update : libneon-devel (libneon-devel-6550)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 42324
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
neon did not properly handle embedded NUL characters in X.509 certificates when comparing host names. Attackers could exploit that to spoof SSL servers (CVE-2009-2408).Specially crafted XML documents that contain a large number of nested entity references could cause neon to consume large amounts of CPU and memory (CVE-2009-2473).
Solution
Update the affected libneon-devel packages.Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 42324
File Name: suse_libneon-devel-6550.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/30/2009
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: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:neon, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:neon-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:neon-32bit
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2408, CVE-2009-2473