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MiracleLinux 7 : libxml2-2.9.1-6.4.0.1.el7.AXS7 (AXSA:2020-016:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 291688

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2020-016:01 advisory.

 * libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with range-to (CVE-2016-5131)
 * libxml2: Use after free in xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate() function in xpath.c (CVE-2017-15412)
 * libxml2: DoS caused by incorrect error detection during XZ decompression (CVE-2015-8035)
 * libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xmlXPathCompOpEval() function in xpath.c (CVE-2018-14404)
 * libxml2: Unrestricted memory usage in xz_head() function in xzlib.c (CVE-2017-18258)
 * libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection during LZMA decompression (CVE-2018-14567)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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/11197

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 291688

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-016.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2026

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15412

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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-python, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxml2

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: 4/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8035, CVE-2016-5131, CVE-2017-15412, CVE-2017-18258, CVE-2018-14404, CVE-2018-14567

IAVB: 2016-B-0083-S, 2016-B-0113-S, 2017-B-0169-S