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
0.019 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.4%
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNOME XML library.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :
CVE-2008-4225 Drew Yao discovered that missing input sanitising in the xmlBufferResize() function may lead to an infinite loop, resulting in denial of service.
CVE-2008-4226 Drew Yao discovered that an integer overflow in the xmlSAX2Characters() function may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1666. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(34810);
script_version("1.18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4225", "CVE-2008-4226");
script_bugtraq_id(32326, 32331);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1666");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1666-1 : libxml2 - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GNOME XML library.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems :
- CVE-2008-4225
Drew Yao discovered that missing input sanitising in the
xmlBufferResize() function may lead to an infinite loop,
resulting in denial of service.
- CVE-2008-4226
Drew Yao discovered that an integer overflow in the
xmlSAX2Characters() function may lead to denial of
service or the execution of arbitrary code."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4225"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4226"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1666"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the libxml2 packages.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.6.27.dfsg-6.
For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable
distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version
2.6.32.dfsg-5."
);
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_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(189, 399);
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:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/11/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/11/18");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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:"4.0", prefix:"libxml2", reference:"2.6.27.dfsg-6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libxml2-dbg", reference:"2.6.27.dfsg-6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libxml2-dev", reference:"2.6.27.dfsg-6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libxml2-doc", reference:"2.6.27.dfsg-6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libxml2-utils", reference:"2.6.27.dfsg-6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"python-libxml2", reference:"2.6.27.dfsg-6")) 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");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | libxml2 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2 |
debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0 |