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Debian DSA-2137-1 : libxml2 - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 51399

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Synopsis

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

Description

Yang Dingning discovered a double free in libxml's Xpath processing, which might allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libxml2 packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.32.dfsg-5+lenny3.

For the upcoming stable distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2137

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 51399

File Name: debian_DSA-2137.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4494

BID: 45170

DSA: 2137