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FreeBSD : libxslt -- Denial of Service (1a2aa04f-3718-11e6-b3c8-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91720

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Google reports :

- [583156] Medium CVE-2016-1683: Out-of-bounds access in libxslt.
Credit to Nicolas Gregoire.

- [583171] Medium CVE-2016-1684: Integer overflow in libxslt. Credit to Nicolas Gregoire.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e4d6f0fa

http://www.nessus.org/u?5547314a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91720

File Name: freebsd_pkg_1a2aa04f371811e6b3c814dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 6/21/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libxslt, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1683, CVE-2016-1684