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Debian DSA-1631-2 : libxml2 - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34033

Synopsis

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

Description

Andreas Solberg discovered that libxml2, the GNOME XML library, could be forced to recursively evaluate entities, until available CPU and memory resources were exhausted.

Solution

Upgrade the libxml2 package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.27.dfsg-4.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1631

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34033

File Name: debian_DSA-1631.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3281

BID: 30783

CWE: 399

DSA: 1631