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Fedora 23 : libxml2-2.9.3-1.fc23 (2015-c24af963a2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 89394

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Very large set of security issues for libxml2 and a bunch of bug fixes too#CVE-2015-8242 #CVE-2015-7500 #CVE-2015-7499 #CVE-2015-5312 #CVE-2015-7498 #CVE-2015-7497 #CVE-2015-1819 #CVE-2015-7941 #CVE-2015-7942 #CVE-2015-8035

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Solution

Update the affected libxml2 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211278

http://www.nessus.org/u?add3c570

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 89394

File Name: fedora_2015-c24af963a2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libxml2

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1819