Alpine: multiple libxml2 packages, multiple py3-libxml2 packages: security update to 2.9.4-r1 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400895

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag
directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes
it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.
(CVE-2016-9318)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=70b6424c6fccd8b3b03c127864247b3e4dd838d3

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f5ccdd14bba6a609b51584103e7638c7b0b77150

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400895

Version: Revision 1.22

Type: Local

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 1/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9318

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9318

BID: 94347