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FreeBSD : libxml -- multiple vulnerabilities (f5abafc0-fcf6-11ea-8758-e0d55e2a8bf9)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140739

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Synopsis

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

Description

CVE mitre reports : CVE-2019-20388

xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c in libxml2 2.9.10 allows an xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak.

CVE-2020-7595

xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.10 has an infinite loop in a certain end-of-file situation.

CVE-2020-24977

GNOME project libxml2 v2.9.10 and earlier have a global buffer over-read vulnerability in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?64c52df1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140739

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f5abafc0fcf611ea8758e0d55e2a8bf9.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 9/23/2020

Updated: 2/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24977

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC: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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20388, CVE-2020-24977, CVE-2020-7595