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Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : libxslt (ELSA-2012-1265)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68622

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-1265 advisory.

 - fixes CVE-2011-1202 CVE-2011-3970 CVE-2012-2825 CVE-2012-2871 CVE-2012-2870
 - Fix generate-id() to not expose object addresses (CVE-2011-1202)
 - Fix some case of pattern parsing errors (CVE-2011-3970)
 - Fix a bug in selecting XSLT elements (CVE-2012-2825)
 - Fix default template processing on namespace nodes (CVE-2012-2871)
 - Cleanup of the pattern compilation code (CVE-2012-2870)
 - Hardening of code checking node types in various entry point (CVE-2012-2870)
 - Hardening of code checking node types in EXSLT (CVE-2012-2870)

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 libxslt, libxslt-devel and / or libxslt-python packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-1265.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68622

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-1265.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2012-2871

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2870

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxslt-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxslt-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxslt, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1202, CVE-2011-3970, CVE-2012-2825, CVE-2012-2870, CVE-2012-2871

BID: 46785, 47668, 51911, 54203, 55331

RHSA: 2012:1265