Debian DSA-3593-1 : libxml2 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 91447

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause a denial-of-service against the application, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Solution

Upgrade the libxml2 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=812807

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813613

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819006

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=823405

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=823414

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libxml2

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91447

File Name: debian_DSA-3593.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

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: E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-1762, CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1834, CVE-2016-1835, CVE-2016-1836, CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1839, CVE-2016-1840, CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2016-3627, CVE-2016-3705, CVE-2016-4447, CVE-2016-4449, CVE-2016-4483

DSA: 3593