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Debian dla-3878 : libxml2 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206669

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3878 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3878-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk September 05, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : libxml2 Version : 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u5 CVE ID : CVE-2016-3709 CVE-2022-2309 Debian Bug : 1039991

 Two vulnerabilities have been fixed in the XML library libxml2.

 CVE-2016-3709

 HTML 4 parser cross-site scripting

 CVE-2022-2309

 Parser NULL pointer dereference

 For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u5.

 We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.

 For the detailed security status of libxml2 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libxml2

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libxml2

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3709

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-2309

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/libxml2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206669

File Name: debian_DLA-3878.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/5/2024

Updated: 9/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2309

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3709

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-libxml2-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2-doc

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3709, CVE-2022-2309