libxslt, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - libxslt, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before     2.2.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption)     via a crafted web site. (CVE-2016-1841)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Update to 1.1.33

Fix CVE-2016-1841, CVE-2016-4607, CVE-2016-4608, CVE-2016-4610, CVE-2016-4609, CVE-2019-11068, CVE-2016-1684, CVE-2016-1683, CVE-2016-4738.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3271-1 advisory.

    Holger Fuhrmannek discovered an integer overflow in the xsltAddTextString() function in Libxslt. An     attacker could use this to craft a malicious document that, when opened, could cause a denial of service     (application crash) or possible execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5029)

    Nicolas Gregoire discovered that Libxslt mishandled namespace nodes. An attacker could use this to craft a     malicious document that, when opened, could cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly     execute arbtrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2016-1683)

    Sebastian Apelt discovered that a use-after-error existed in the xsltDocumentFunctionLoadDocument()     function in Libxslt. An attacker could use this to craft a malicious document that, when opened, could     cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1841)

    It was discovered that a type confusion error existed in the xsltStylePreCompute() function in Libxslt. An     attacker could use this to craft a malicious XML file that, when opened, caused a denial of service     (application crash). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-7995)

    Nicolas Gregoire discovered the Libxslt mishandled the 'i' and 'a' format tokens for xsl:number data. An     attacker could use this to craft a malicious document that, when opened, could cause a denial of service     (application crash). This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2016-1684)

    It was discovered that the xsltFormatNumberConversion() function in Libxslt did not properly handle empty     decimal separators. An attacker could use this to craft a malicious document that, when opened, could     cause a denial of service (application crash). This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,     Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4738)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X version 10.11.x prior to 10.11.5 and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

 - AMD
 - apache_mod_php
 - AppleGraphicsControl
 - AppleGraphicsPowerManagement
 - ATS
 - Audio
 - Captive Network Assistant
 - CFNetwork Proxies
 - CommonCrypto
 - CoreCapture
 - CoreStorage
 - Crash Reporter
 - Disk Images
 - Disk Utility
 - Graphics Drivers
 - ImageIO
 - Intel Graphics Driver
 - IOAcceleratorFamily
 - IOAudioFamily
 - IOFireWireFamily
 - IOHIDFamilyKernel
 - libc
 - libxml2
 - libxslt
 - MapKit
 - Messages
 - Multi-Touch
 - NVIDIA Graphics Drivers
 - OpenGL
 - QuickTime
 - SceneKit
 - Screen Lock
 - Tcl

Versions of Apple TV earlier than 9.2.1 are unpatched for vulnerabilities in the following components :

 - CFNetwork Proxies
 - CommonCrypto
 - CoreCapture
 - Disk Images
 - ImageIO
 - IOAcceleratorFamily
 - IOHIDFamily
 - Kernel
 - libc
 - libxml2
 - libxslt
 - OpenGL
 - WebKit
 - WebKit Canvas
 

The remote host is running a version of iOS that is prior to version 9.3.2 and the following components contain vulnerabilities :

 - Accessibility
 - CFNetwork Proxies
 - CommonCrypto
 - CoreCapture
 - Disk Images
 - ImageIO
 - IOAcceleratorFamily
 - IOHIDFamily
 - Kernel
 - libc
 - libxml2
 - libxslt
 - MapKit
 - OpenGL
 - Safari
 - Siri
 - WebKit
 - WebKit Canvas

According to its banner, the version of the remote Apple TV device is prior to 9.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - CFNetwork Proxies
  - CommonCrypto
  - CoreCapture
  - Disk Images
  - ImageIO
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOHIDFamily
  - Kernel
  - libc
  - libxml2
  - libxslt
  - OpenGL
  - WebKit
  - WebKit Canvas

Note that only 4th generation models are affected by the vulnerabilities.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.9.5 or 10.10.5 and is missing Security Update 2016-003. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - AMD
  - Captive Network Assistant
  - libxml2
  - libxslt
  - OpenGL

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

The mobile device is running a version of iOS prior to 9.3.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - Accessibility
  - CFNetwork Proxies
  - CommonCrypto
  - CoreCapture
  - Disk Images
  - ImageIO
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOHIDFamily
  - Kernel
  - libc
  - libxml2
  - libxslt
  - MapKit
  - OpenGL
  - Safari
  - Siri
  - WebKit
  - WebKit Canvas

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
219394	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-1841	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
126015	Fedora 30 : mingw-libxslt (2019-320d5295fc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
99725	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Libxslt vulnerabilities (USN-3271-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
9392	Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Operating System Detection		high
9337	Apple TV < 9.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Internet Services		high
9332	Apple iOS < 9.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Mobile Devices		high
91311	Apple TV < 9.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Misc.	Remote	high
91229	Mac OS X 10.9.5 / 10.10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2016-003)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
91225	Apple iOS < 9.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Mobile Devices	Local	high

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