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openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-2016-68)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88135

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2015-8710: Parsing short unclosed HTML comment could cause uninitialized memory access, which allowed remote attackers to read contents from previous HTTP requests depending on the application (bsc#960674)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960674

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88135

File Name: openSUSE-2016-68.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2016

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-libxml2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, 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, 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: 1/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8710