FreeBSD : libxml2 -- multiple vulnerabilities (f1e0164e-b67b-11dd-a55e-00163e000016)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 34840

Synopsis

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

Description

Secunia reports :

Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Libxml2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise an application using the library.

1) An integer overflow error in the 'xmlSAX2Characters()' function can be exploited to trigger a memory corruption via a specially

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires e.g. that the user is tricked into processing an overly large XML file (2GB or more).

2) An integer overflow error in the 'xmlBufferResize()' function can be exploited to trigger the execution of an infinite loop. The vulnerabilities are reported in version 2.7.2.

Other versions may also be affected.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 34840

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f1e0164eb67b11dda55e00163e000016.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 11/21/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd:libxml2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2008

Reference Information

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

CWE: 189, 399

Detections

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