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AlmaLinux 8 : libxml2 (ALSA-2023:0173)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170081

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:0173 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault. (CVE-2022-40303)

 - An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked. (CVE-2022-40304)

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

Solution

Update the affected libxml2, libxml2-devel and / or python3-libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-0173.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170081

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-0173.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2023

Updated: 1/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40304

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-libxml2, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40303, CVE-2022-40304

CWE: 190, 415