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Oracle Linux 5 : libxml2 (ELSA-2012-0017)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68429

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0017 advisory.

 - Fix the semantic of XPath axis for namespace/attribute nodes CVE-2010-4008
 - Fix an off by one error in encoding CVE-2011-0216
 - Fix some potential problems on reallocation failures CVE-2011-1944
 - Fix missing error status in XPath evaluation CVE-2011-2834
 - Make sure the parser returns when getting a Stop order CVE-2011-3905
 - Fix an allocation error when copying entities CVE-2011-3919.patch

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected libxml2, libxml2-devel and / or libxml2-python packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0017.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68429

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0017.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1944

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-2011-3919

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-python, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4008, CVE-2011-0216, CVE-2011-1944, CVE-2011-2834, CVE-2011-3905, CVE-2011-3919

BID: 44779, 48056, 48832, 49658, 51084, 51300

RHSA: 2012:0017