Fedora 17 : libxml2-2.7.8-9.fc17 (2012-13820)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62323

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Lot of security fixes

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 libxml2 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62323

File Name: fedora_2012-13820.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 9/27/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libxml2, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0216, CVE-2011-1944, CVE-2011-2821, CVE-2011-2834, CVE-2011-3102, CVE-2011-3905, CVE-2011-3919, CVE-2012-0841, CVE-2012-2807

BID: 48056, 48832, 49279, 49658, 51084, 51300, 52107, 53540, 54718

FEDORA: 2012-13820

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