openSUSE Security Update : jakarta-taglibs-standard (openSUSE-2015-658)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86393

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

jakarta-taglibs-standard was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

- CVE-2015-0254: Apache Standard Taglibs before 1.2.3 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or conduct external XML entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XSLT extension (bsc#920813).

Solution

Update the affected jakarta-taglibs-standard packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=920813

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86393

File Name: openSUSE-2015-658.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2015

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: 4.7

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:jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jakarta-taglibs-standard, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xalan-j2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xalan-j2-manual, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xalan-j2-xsltc, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xalan-j2-demo

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0254