openSUSE Security Update : xerces-c (openSUSE-2016-1046)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93336

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

xerces-c was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

- CVE-2016-2099: Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ did not properly handle exceptions raised in the XMLReader class, which allowed context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document (bsc#979208).

- CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser crashed on malformed DTD (bnc#985860). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected xerces-c packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93336

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1046.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/6/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-3_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-3_1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-3_1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxerces-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-c, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-c-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xerces-c-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2099, CVE-2016-4463

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