10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.019 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.7%
xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3, and other products) does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and memory corruption) via a crafted XML document. (CVE-2016-4658)
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a ‘%’ character in a DTD name. (CVE-2017-16931)
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2019-1301.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(129559);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4658", "CVE-2017-16931");
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2019-1301");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : libxml2 (ALAS-2019-1301)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS
X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3, and other
products) does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges, which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
service (use-after-free and memory corruption) via a crafted XML
document. (CVE-2016-4658)
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity
references because the NEXTL macro calls the
xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in
a DTD name. (CVE-2017-16931)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1301.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update libxml2' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-4658");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-16931");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/09/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-python");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-static");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", reference:"libxml2-2.9.1-6.amzn2.3.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", reference:"libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.amzn2.3.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.amzn2.3.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", reference:"libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.amzn2.3.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"AL2", reference:"libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.amzn2.3.3")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2 / libxml2-debuginfo / libxml2-devel / libxml2-python / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
amazon | linux | libxml2 | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2 |
amazon | linux | libxml2-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-debuginfo |
amazon | linux | libxml2-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-devel |
amazon | linux | libxml2-python | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-python |
amazon | linux | libxml2-static | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-static |
amazon | linux | 2 | cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2 |
10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.019 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.7%