openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0073-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75635

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted XPath expressions could allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact (CVE-2011-2821,CVE-2011-2834).

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75635

File Name: suse_11_3_libxml2-111201.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2821, CVE-2011-2834

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