SuSE 11 Security Update : expat (SAT Patch Number 1487)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42866

Synopsis

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

Description

Specially crafted XML documents could make expat run into an enless loop, therefore locking up applications using expat. (CVE-2009-3720)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1487.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550664

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3720.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42866

File Name: suse_11_expat-091030.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:libexpat1-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:expat, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libexpat1

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3720