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Oracle Linux 6 : libxml2 (ELSA-2012-0018)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68430

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0018 advisory.

 - Make sure the parser returns when getting a Stop order CVE-2011-3905
 - Fix an allocation error when copying entities CVE-2011-3919

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0018.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68430

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0018.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3919

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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-static, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3905, CVE-2011-3919

BID: 51084, 51300

RHSA: 2012:0018