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OracleVM 3.3 : libxml2 (OVMSA-2014-0031)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 79546
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Synopsis
The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :- Update doc/redhat.gif in tarball
- Add libxml2-oracle-enterprise.patch and update logos in tarball
- CVE-2014-3660 denial of service via recursive entity expansion (rhbz#1149085)
- Fix a set of regressions introduced in CVE-2014-0191 (rhbz#1105011)
- Improve handling of xmlStopParser(CVE-2013-2877)
- Do not fetch external parameter entities (CVE-2014-0191)
- Fix a regression in 2.9.0 breaking validation while streaming (rhbz#863166)
- detect and stop excessive entities expansion upon replacement (rhbz#912575)
Solution
Update the affected libxml2 / libxml2-python packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 79546
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0031.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 11/26/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:libxml2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2013