Detections
Analytics

Debian DSA-455-1 : libxml - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 15292

Synopsis

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

Description

libxml2 is a library for manipulating XML files.

Yuuichi Teranishi (Si Xi Yu [?] ) discovered a flaw in libxml, the GNOME XML library. When fetching a remote resource via FTP or HTTP, the library uses special parsing routines which can overflow a buffer if passed a very long URL. If an attacker is able to find an application using libxml1 or libxml2 that parses remote resources and allows the attacker to craft the URL, then this flaw could be used to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libxml1 and libxml2 packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.17-2woody1 of libxml and version 2.4.19-4woody1 of libxml2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-455

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15292

File Name: debian_DSA-455.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0110

BID: 9718

DSA: 455