Debian DSA-1666-1 : libxml2 - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 34810

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNOME XML library.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2008-4225 Drew Yao discovered that missing input sanitising in the xmlBufferResize() function may lead to an infinite loop, resulting in denial of service.

- CVE-2008-4226 Drew Yao discovered that an integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters() function may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libxml2 packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.27.dfsg-6.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.32.dfsg-5.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4225

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4226

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1666

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 34810

File Name: debian_DSA-1666.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4225, CVE-2008-4226

BID: 32326, 32331

CWE: 189, 399

DSA: 1666