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Ubuntu 24.10 : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-7215-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 214329

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7215-1 advisory.

 Xisco Fauli discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled custom SAX handlers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XML External Entity (XXE) attacks.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7215-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 214329

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7215-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2025

Updated: 1/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-40896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-libxml2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-40896

USN: 7215-1