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MiracleLinux 3 : libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.1AXS3 (AXSA:2008-277:03)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 284060

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2008-277:03 advisory.

 The XML C library was initially developed for the GNOME project. It is now used by many programs to load and save extensible data structures or manipulate any kind of XML files.
 This library implements a number of existing standards related to markup languages, including the XML standard, name spaces in XML, XML Base, RFC 2396, XPath, XPointer, HTML4, XInclude, SGML catalogs, and XML catalogs. In most cases, libxml tries to implement the specification in a rather strict way. To some extent, it provides support for the following specifications, but does not claim to implement them: DOM, FTP client, HTTP client, and SAX.
 The library also supports RelaxNG. Support for W3C XML Schemas is in progress.
 CVE-2008-3529: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long XML entity name.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected libxml2, libxml2-devel and / or libxml2-python packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/375

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 284060

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2008-277.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-3529

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxml2-python, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3529