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openSUSE Security Update : xerces-c (openSUSE-2016-876)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 92354
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for xerces-c fixes the following issues :- CVE-2016-4463 Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed DT (boo#985860)
- CVE-2016-2099 Exception handling mistake causing use after free (boo#979208)
Solution
Update the affected xerces-c packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 92354
File Name: openSUSE-2016-876.nasl
Version: 2.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/18/2016
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: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-c, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-c-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-3_1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-3_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-c-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2016