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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libxml2 (SAT Patch Number 5654)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57682

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Synopsis

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

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow during decoding of entity references with overly long names has been fixed. CVE-2011-3919 has been assigned.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5654.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739894

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3919.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57682

File Name: suse_11_libxml2-120116.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-doc

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3919