CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
17.0%
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-25062 GNOME libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the xmlValidatePopElement() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security
# Advisory libxml2_advisory6.asc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(195315);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/05/10");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-25062");
script_name(english:"AIX 7.3 TL 1 : libxml2 (IJ50635)");
script_summary(english:"Check for APAR IJ50635");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote AIX host is missing a security patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-25062 GNOME
libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a
use-after-free flaw in the xmlValidatePopElement() function. By
persuading a victim to open a specially crafted content, a remote
attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to
crash."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libxml2_advisory6.asc"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Install the appropriate interim fix."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/05/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/05/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/05/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/AIX/lslpp", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/version");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("aix.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version") ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
if ( get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure" ) ) exit(0, "This iFix check is disabled because : "+get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure") );
flag = 0;
if (aix_check_ifix(release:"7.3", ml:"01", sp:"01", patch:"IJ50635m3a", package:"bos.rte.control", minfilesetver:"7.3.1.0", maxfilesetver:"7.3.1.2") < 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_ifix(release:"7.3", ml:"01", sp:"02", patch:"IJ50635m3a", package:"bos.rte.control", minfilesetver:"7.3.1.0", maxfilesetver:"7.3.1.2") < 0) flag++;
if (aix_check_ifix(release:"7.3", ml:"01", sp:"03", patch:"IJ50635m3a", package:"bos.rte.control", minfilesetver:"7.3.1.0", maxfilesetver:"7.3.1.2") < 0) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:aix_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
17.0%