Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2016.1026.1
Category:	SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:	SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:1026-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'xerces-c' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:1026-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'xerces-c' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:1026-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: This update for xerces-c fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2016-0729: Fixed mishandling certain kinds of malformed input documents, that resulted in buffer overlows during processing and error reporting. The overflows can manifest as a segmentation fault or as memory corruption during a parse operation. (bsc#966822) Affected Software/OS: 'xerces-c' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP1. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-0729 BugTraq ID: 83423 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83423 Bugtraq: 20160225 CVE-2016-0729: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed Input (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537620/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-3493 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3493 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135949/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Buffer-Overflow.html https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035113 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0966 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1121 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1808 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html
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