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Oracle Linux 5 : libxml / and / libxml2 (ELSA-2009-1206)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67909

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-1206 advisory.

 - Fix a couple of crash CVE-2009-2414 and CVE-2009-2416

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-1206.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67909

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-1206.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2416

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-python, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416

RHSA: 2009:1206