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openSUSE Security Update : libxslt (openSUSE-SU-2012:0343-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75939

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libxslt was prone to an out-of-bounds read flaw when parsing certain patterns (CVE-2011-3970). This could lead to a Denial of Service.

Solution

Update the affected libxslt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746039

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00009.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75939

File Name: suse_11_4_libxslt-120214.nasl

Version: 1.5

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: Low

Score: 3.6

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:libxslt-devel-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxslt-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3970