CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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
EPSS
Percentile
84.5%
CVE-2017-16931 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 โ%โ character in a DTD name.
CVE-2017-16932 parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.
For Debian 7 โWheezyโ, these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1194-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(104936);
script_version("3.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16931", "CVE-2017-16932");
script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1194-1 : libxml2 security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"CVE-2017-16931 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-2017-16932 parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent
infinite recursion in parameter entities.
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version
2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libxml2"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
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:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2-utils-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-libxml2-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/12/01");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-dbg", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-dev", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-doc", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-utils", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-utils-dbg", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"python-libxml2", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"python-libxml2-dbg", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy11")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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
EPSS
Percentile
84.5%