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RHEL 5 / 6 : libxml2 (RHSA-2012:1288)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 62195
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libxml2.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1288 advisory.- libxml: An off-by-one out-of-bounds write by XPointer part evaluation (CVE-2011-3102)
- libxml2 (64-bit): Multiple integer overflows, leading to DoS or possibly other unspecified impact (CVE-2012-2807)
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 libxml2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1288.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?503a3d37
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1288
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 62195
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1288.nasl
Version: 1.24
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/19/2012
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: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2807
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-python
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: 9/18/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-3102, CVE-2012-2807