AIX 7.2 : bos.rte.control (U870330)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91237

Synopsis

The remote AIX host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U870330, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.control.

Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseEntityDecl or xmlParseConditionalSections function. By using a specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read and cause the system to crash. Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseConditionalSections function. By using a specially crafted XML data, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger an out-of-bounds read and cause the system to crash. libxml2 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the XML parser in xmlNextChar. By using a malformed XML file, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

Solution

Install the appropriate missing security-related fix.

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV80616

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91237

File Name: aix_U870330.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Published: 5/19/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/oslevel, Host/AIX/version, Host/AIX/lslpp

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7941, CVE-2015-7942, CVE-2015-8241