SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:2375-1)
🗓️ 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2017.2375.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9063", "CVE-2017-9233");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-09 14:57:53 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jun 2021)");
script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-07-30 18:31:45 +0000 (Mon, 30 Jul 2018)");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:2375-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES11\.0SP4)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2017:2375-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172375-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047236");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047240");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-September/003189.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2017:2375-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for expat fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-9063: Possible integer overflow to fix inside XML_Parse leading to unexpected behaviour (bsc#1047240)
- CVE-2017-9233: External Entity Vulnerability could lead to denial of service (bsc#1047236)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'expat' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11-SP4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLES11.0SP4") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"expat", rpm:"expat~2.0.1~88.42.3.2", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libexpat1", rpm:"libexpat1~2.0.1~88.42.3.2", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libexpat1-32bit", rpm:"libexpat1-32bit~2.0.1~88.42.3.2", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libexpat1-x86", rpm:"libexpat1-x86~2.0.1~88.42.3.2", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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CVSS 27.5
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.08739