Fedora 10 : libxml-1.8.17-24.fc10 (2009-8594)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40604

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes patches from RHEL-3 addressing a number of security vulnerabilities: - CVE-2004-0110 (arbitrary code execution via a long URL) - CVE-2004-0989 (arbitrary code execution via a long URL) - CVE-2009-2414 (stack consumption DoS vulnerabilities) - CVE-2009-2416 (use-after-free DoS vulnerabilities)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libxml package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40604

File Name: fedora_2009-8594.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2009

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libxml, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0110, CVE-2004-0989, CVE-2009-2414, CVE-2009-2416

BID: 9718, 36010

CWE: 119, 399

FEDORA: 2009-8594

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