SuSE 11.2 Security Update : libxslt (SAT Patch Number 7569)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66288

Synopsis

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

Description

libxslt has been updated to fix two denial of service issues via crashes by NULL pointer dereference on attacker supplied XSLT scripts.
(CVE-2012-6139)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 7569.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811686

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6139.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66288

File Name: suse_11_libxslt-130327.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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:libxslt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxslt-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6139