SuSE 11 Security Update : expat (SAT Patch Number 1765)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 52683

Synopsis

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

Description

The previous expat security update (CVE-2009-3560) caused parse errors with some xml documents.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1765.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=566434

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3560.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 52683

File Name: suse_11_expat-100109.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2011

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: 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: 1/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3560

CWE: 119