Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libxml2 (cve_2010_4008_denial_of)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80687

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

- libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, reads from invalid memory locations during processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XML document.
(CVE-2010-4008)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 10.5.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/cve-2010-4008-denial-of-service-dos-vulnerability-in-libxml2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80687

File Name: solaris11_libxml2_20120821.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:libxml2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4008