CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : libxml2 (CESA-2008:0988)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 37692

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated libxml2 packages that fix security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

libxml2 is a library for parsing and manipulating XML files. It includes support for reading, modifying, and writing XML and HTML files.

An integer overflow flaw causing a heap-based buffer overflow was found in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2008-4226)

A denial of service flaw was discovered in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to enter an infinite loop.
(CVE-2008-4225)

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team for reporting these issues.

Users of libxml2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected libxml2 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?670920aa

http://www.nessus.org/u?91ed551d

http://www.nessus.org/u?a556f096

http://www.nessus.org/u?b2da5874

http://www.nessus.org/u?2dbbca13

http://www.nessus.org/u?0db6cac8

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e1df22d

http://www.nessus.org/u?5784e79b

http://www.nessus.org/u?133372e4

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff8d4dd3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 37692

File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0988.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-python, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4225, CVE-2008-4226

CWE: 189, 399

RHSA: 2008:0988