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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: libxml2 (CVE-2023-45322)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214798

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of libxml2 installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-45322 advisory.

 - libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails.
 This occurs in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. NOTE: the vendor's position is I don't think these issues are critical enough to warrant a CVE ID ... because an attacker typically can't control when memory allocations fail. (CVE-2023-45322)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45322

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214798

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-45322.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/30/2025

Updated: 1/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45322

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:libxml2-devel, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:libxml2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:python3-libxml2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45322