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SuSE 11.3 Security Update : libxml2 (SAT Patch Number 9914)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79309

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update fixes a denial of service via recursive entity expansion.
(CVE-2014-3660)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9914.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901546

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3660.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79309

File Name: suse_11_libxml2-141020.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2014

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: High

Score: 8.1

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:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libxml2-python, 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: 10/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3660