FreeBSD : libxml2 -- entity substitution DoS (efdd0edc-da3d-11e3-9ecb-2c4138874f7d)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73975

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Stefan Cornelius reports :

It was discovered that libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML files, incorrectly performs entity substitution in the doctype prolog, even if the application using libxml2 disabled any entity substitution. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed, would lead to the exhaustion of CPU and memory resources or file descriptors.

This issue was discovered by Daniel Berrange of Red Hat.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73975

File Name: freebsd_pkg_efdd0edcda3d11e39ecb2c4138874f7d.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-c6-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-f10-libxml2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0191

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