Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129 for Perl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call.

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.

  - perl-XML-LibXML: Use-after-free by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call (CVE-2017-10672)

  - The _clone function in XML::LibXML before 2.0119 does not properly set the expand_entities option, which     allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via crafted XML data to the (1) new     or (2) load_xml function. (CVE-2015-3451)

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.

  - perl-XML-LibXML: Use-after-free by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call (CVE-2017-10672)

  - The _clone function in XML::LibXML before 2.0119 does not properly set the expand_entities option, which     allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via crafted XML data to the (1) new     or (2) load_xml function. (CVE-2015-3451)

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.

  - perl-XML-LibXML: Use-after-free by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call (CVE-2017-10672)

  - The _clone function in XML::LibXML before 2.0119 does not properly set the expand_entities option, which     allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via crafted XML data to the (1) new     or (2) load_xml function. (CVE-2015-3451)

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

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

According to the version of the perl-XML-LibXML package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129     for Perl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild     call.(CVE-2017-10672)

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 perl-XML-LibXML package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129     for Perl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild     call.(CVE-2017-10672)

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.

This update for perl-XML-LibXML fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-10672: A use-after-free allowed remote     attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code by     controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call     (bsc#1046848)

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.

This update for perl-XML-LibXML fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2017-10672: Fix use-after-free that allows remote     attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the     arguments to a replaceChild call (bsc#1046848).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

This update for perl-XML-LibXML fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

  - CVE-2017-10672: Fix use-after-free that allows remote     attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the     arguments to a replaceChild call (bsc#1046848).

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.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3494-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that XML::LibXML incorrectly handled memory when processing a replaceChild call. A     remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in XML::LibXML, a Perl interface to the libxml2 library, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild() call.

The XML::LibXML perl module is affected by a 'use-after-free' vulnerability which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild() call.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.0001+dfsg-1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml-libxml-perl packages.

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

This release fixes a use-after-free in replaceChild() call.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198933	RHEL 7 : perl-xml-libxml (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198908	RHEL 6 : perl-xml-libxml (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198903	RHEL 5 : perl-xml-libxml (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
196851	RHEL 6 : perl-xml-libxml (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
196825	RHEL 7 : perl-xml-libxml (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
196790	RHEL 5 : perl-xml-libxml (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
151317	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : perl-XML-LibXML (EulerOS-SA-2021-2094)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
142278	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : perl-XML-LibXML (EulerOS-SA-2020-2383)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
142094	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : perl-XML-LibXML (EulerOS-SA-2020-2294)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
140978	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : perl-XML-LibXML (EulerOS-SA-2020-2030)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
140822	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : perl-XML-LibXML (EulerOS-SA-2020-2055)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
106259	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : perl-XML-LibXML (SUSE-SU-2018:0170-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
106220	openSUSE Security Update : perl-XML-LibXML (openSUSE-2018-60)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
106133	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : perl-XML-LibXML (SUSE-SU-2018:0123-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
104809	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : XML::LibXML vulnerability (USN-3494-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
104686	Debian DSA-4042-1 : libxml-libxml-perl - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
104563	Debian DLA-1171-1 : libxml-libxml-perl security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
102000	Fedora 24 : 1:perl-XML-LibXML (2017-790ff602a6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
101993	Fedora 25 : 1:perl-XML-LibXML (2017-534f300508)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
101916	Fedora 26 : 1:perl-XML-LibXML (2017-3d5354d30f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical

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