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openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0421-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74577

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- add fix for hash table collisions CVE-2012-0841 (bnc#748561)

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=748561

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00044.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74577

File Name: openSUSE-2012-179.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:opensuse:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0841