Debian DSA-582-1 : libxml - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15680

Synopsis

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

Description

'infamous41md' discovered several buffer overflows in libxml and libxml2, the XML C parser and toolkits for GNOME. Missing boundary checks could cause several buffers to be overflown, which may cause the client to execute arbitrary code.

The following vulnerability matrix lists corrected versions of these libraries :

Solution

Upgrade the libxml packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.17-2woody2 of libxml and in version 2.4.19-4woody2 of libxml2.

These problems have also been fixed in version 2.6.15-1 of libxml2 in the experimental distribution.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15680

File Name: debian_DSA-582.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/10/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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: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

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0989

DSA: 582

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