AIX 6.1 TL 9 : bos.rte.control (U861276)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79062

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Synopsis

The remote AIX host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U861276, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.control.

Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the expansion of internal entities within the xmlParserHandlePEReference().

Solution

Install the appropriate missing security-related fix.

See Also

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV62448

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79062

File Name: aix_U861276.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/10/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:ibm:aix:6.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AIX/oslevel, Host/AIX/version, Host/AIX/lslpp

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0191