In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random function was not initialized with a random seed during startup, which could cause usage of this function to produce predictable outputs.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - libxslt: Invalid memory access leading to DoS at exsltDynMapFunction() (CVE-2016-4610)

  - libxslt: Heap overread due to an empty decimal-separator (CVE-2016-4738)

  - The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an     element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a type     confusion issue. (CVE-2015-7995)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - libxslt: Heap overread due to an empty decimal-separator (CVE-2016-4738)

  - libxslt: xsltCheckRead and xsltCheckWrite routines security bypass by crafted URL (CVE-2019-11068)

  - The xsltGenerateIdFunction function in functions.c in libxslt 1.1.26 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome     before 10.0.648.127 and other products, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive     information about heap memory addresses via an XML document containing a call to the XSLT generate-id     XPath function. (CVE-2011-1202)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - libxslt: Heap overread due to an empty decimal-separator (CVE-2016-4738)

  - libxslt: xsltCheckRead and xsltCheckWrite routines security bypass by crafted URL (CVE-2019-11068)

  - libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2)     uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c. (CVE-2012-6139)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

According to its self-reported version, the Nessus Network Monitor running on the remote host is prior to 6.2.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TNS-2023-23 advisory. Several of the third-party components were found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers. Out of caution and in line with best practice, Tenable has opted to upgrade these components to address the potential impact of the issues. Nessus Network Monitor 6.2.2 updates the following components:

  - c-ares from version 1.10.0 to version 1.19.1.
  - curl from version 7.79.1 to version 8.1.2.
  - libbzip2 from version 1.0.6 to version 1.0.8.
  - libpcre from version 8.42 to version 8.44.
  - libxml2 from version 2.7.7 to version 2.11.1.
  - libxslt from version 1.1.26 to version 1.1.37.
  - libxmlsec from version 1.2.18 to version 1.2.37.
  - sqlite from version 3.27.2 to version 3.40.1.
  - jQuery Cookie from version 1.3.1 to version 1.4.1.
  - jQuery UI from version 1.13.0 to version 1.13.2.
  - OpenSSL from version 3.0.8 to version 3.0.9.

According to the versions of the libxslt packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - libxslt through 1.1.33 allows bypass of a protection     mechanism because callers of xsltCheckRead and     xsltCheckWrite permit access even upon receiving a -1     error code. xsltCheckRead can return -1 for a crafted     URL that is not actually invalid and is subsequently     loaded.(CVE-2019-11068)

  - In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random     function was not initialized with a random seed during     startup, which could cause usage of this function to     produce predictable outputs.(CVE-2015-9019)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the libxslt packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - libxslt through 1.1.33 allows bypass of a protection     mechanism because callers of xsltCheckRead and     xsltCheckWrite permit access even upon receiving a -1     error code. xsltCheckRead can return -1 for a crafted     URL that is not actually invalid and is subsequently     loaded.(CVE-2019-11068)

  - In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random     function was not initialized with a random seed during     startup, which could cause usage of this function to     produce predictable outputs.(CVE-2015-9019)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the libxslt packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - libxslt through 1.1.33 allows bypass of a protection     mechanism because callers of xsltCheckRead and     xsltCheckWrite permit access even upon receiving a -1     error code. xsltCheckRead can return -1 for a crafted     URL that is not actually invalid and is subsequently     loaded.(CVE-2019-11068)

  - In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random     function was not initialized with a random seed during     startup, which could cause usage of this function to     produce predictable outputs.(CVE-2015-9019)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the libxslt packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - libxslt through 1.1.33 allows bypass of a protection     mechanism because callers of xsltCheckRead and     xsltCheckWrite permit access even upon receiving a -1     error code. xsltCheckRead can return -1 for a crafted     URL that is not actually invalid and is subsequently     loaded.(CVE-2019-11068)

  - In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random     function was not initialized with a random seed during     startup, which could cause usage of this function to     produce predictable outputs.(CVE-2015-5019)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the libxslt packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random     function was not initialized with a random seed during     startup, which could cause usage of this function to     produce predictable outputs.(CVE-2015-9019)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An update of the libxslt package has been released.

This update for libxslt fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2017-5029: The xsltAddTextString function in     transform.c lacked a check for integer overflow during a     size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to     perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML     page (bsc#1035905).

  - CVE-2016-4738: Fix heap overread in     xsltFormatNumberConversion: An empty decimal-separator     could cause a heap overread. This can be exploited to     leak a couple of bytes after the buffer that holds the     pattern string (bsc#1005591).

  - CVE-2015-9019: Properly initialize random generator     (bsc#934119).

  - CVE-2015-7995: Vulnerability in function     xsltStylePreCompute' in preproc.c could cause a type     confusion leading to DoS. (bsc#952474) This update was     imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

This update for libxslt fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-5029: The xsltAddTextString function in     transform.c lacked a check for integer overflow during a     size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to     perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML     page (bsc#1035905).

  - CVE-2016-4738: Fix heap overread in     xsltFormatNumberConversion: An empty decimal-separator     could cause a heap overread. This can be exploited to     leak a couple of bytes after the buffer that holds the     pattern string (bsc#1005591).

  - CVE-2015-9019: Properly initialize random generator     (bsc#934119).

  - CVE-2015-7995: Vulnerability in function     xsltStylePreCompute' in preproc.c could cause a type     confusion leading to DoS. (bsc#952474)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198384	RHEL 7 : libxslt (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198373	RHEL 6 : libxslt (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198357	RHEL 5 : libxslt (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
177842	Nessus Network Monitor < 6.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2023-23)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
125577	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : libxslt (EulerOS-SA-2019-1625)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
125558	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : libxslt (EulerOS-SA-2019-1606)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
125519	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libxslt (EulerOS-SA-2019-1592)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
124445	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libxslt (EulerOS-SA-2019-1318)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
122379	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libxslt (EulerOS-SA-2019-1052)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
121715	Photon OS 1.0: Libxslt PHSA-2017-0025	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
100367	openSUSE Security Update : libxslt (openSUSE-2017-609)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
100243	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libxslt (SUSE-SU-2017:1313-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
100208	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxslt (SUSE-SU-2017:1282-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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