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RHEL 5 / 6 : libxslt (RHSA-2012:1265)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 62090
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libxslt.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1265 advisory.- libxslt: Heap address leak in XLST (CVE-2011-1202)
- libxslt: Out-of-bounds read when parsing certain patterns (CVE-2011-3970)
- libxslt: DoS when reading unexpected DTD nodes in XSLT (CVE-2012-2825)
- libxslt: Use-after-free when processing an invalid XPath expression (CVE-2012-2870)
- libxslt: Heap-buffer overflow caused by bad cast in XSL transforms (CVE-2012-2871)
- libxslt: Heap-double-free in xmlFreeNodeList (CVE-2012-2893)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL libxslt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1265.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6f3c0495
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1265
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684386
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788826
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835982
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 62090
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1265.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/14/2012
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2893
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2870
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1202, CVE-2011-3970, CVE-2012-2825, CVE-2012-2870, CVE-2012-2871, CVE-2012-2893