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OracleVM 3.3 : libxml2 (OVMSA-2015-0097)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 85138
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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-2015-1819 Enforce the reader to run in constant memory(rhbz#1214163)
- Stop parsing on entities boundaries errors
- Fix missing entities after CVE-2014-3660 fix (rhbz#1149086)
- CVE-2014-3660 denial of service via recursive entity expansion (rhbz#1149086)
- Fix html serialization error and htmlSetMetaEncoding (rhbz#1004513)
Solution
Update the affected libxml2 / libxml2-python packages.See Also
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2015-July/000345.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 85138
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0097.nasl
Version: 2.5
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 7/31/2015
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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:libxml2-python, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3660, CVE-2015-1819