openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-2015-959)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87631

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- update to 2.9.3

- full changelog: http://www.xmlsoft.org/news.html

- fixed CVEs: CVE-2015-8242, CVE-2015-7500, CVE-2015-7499, CVE-2015-5312, CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-8035, CVE-2015-7942, CVE-2015-1819, CVE-2015-7941, CVE-2014-3660, CVE-2014-0191, CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8317

- fixed bugs: [bsc#928193], [bsc#951734], [bsc#951735], [bsc#954429], [bsc#956018], [bsc#956021], [bsc#956260], [bsc#957105], [bsc#957106], [bsc#957107], [bsc#957109], [bsc#957110]

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87631

File Name: openSUSE-2015-959.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/29/2015

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: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-libxml2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-libxml2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0191, CVE-2014-3660, CVE-2015-1819, CVE-2015-5312, CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, CVE-2015-7500, CVE-2015-7941, CVE-2015-7942, CVE-2015-8035, CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8242, CVE-2015-8317

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