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Debian DSA-2255-1 : libxml2 - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55043

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Chris Evans discovered that libxml was vulnerable to buffer overflows, which allowed a crafted XML input file to potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libxml2 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny4.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=628537

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/libxml2

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2255

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55043

File Name: debian_DSA-2255.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2011

Reference Information

BID: 48056

DSA: 2255