CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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
EPSS
Percentile
91.8%
Daniel Veillard reports :
More format string warnings with possible format string vulnerability (David Kilzer)
Avoid building recursive entities (Daniel Veillard)
Heap-based buffer overread in htmlCurrentChar (Pranjal Jumde)
Heap-based buffer-underreads due to xmlParseName (David Kilzer)
Heap use-after-free in xmlSAX2AttributeNs (Pranjal Jumde)
Heap use-after-free in htmlParsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral (Pranjal Jumde)
Fix some format string warnings with possible format string vulnerability (David Kilzer)
Detect change of encoding when parsing HTML names (Hugh Davenport)
Fix inappropriate fetch of entities content (Daniel Veillard)
Bug 759398: Heap use-after-free in xmlDictComputeFastKey (Pranjal Jumde)
Bug 758605: Heap-based buffer overread in xmlDictAddString (Pranjal Jumde)
Bug 758588: Heap-based buffer overread in xmlParserPrintFileContextInternal (David Kilzer)
Bug 757711: heap-buffer-overflow in xmlFAParsePosCharGroup (Pranjal Jumde)
Add missing increments of recursion depth counter to XML parser.
(Peter Simons)
Fix NULL pointer deref in XPointer range-to
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2019 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
# disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
# published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
# RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
# distribution.
#
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(93145);
script_version("2.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1762", "CVE-2016-1833", "CVE-2016-1834", "CVE-2016-1835", "CVE-2016-1836", "CVE-2016-1837", "CVE-2016-1838", "CVE-2016-1839", "CVE-2016-1840", "CVE-2016-3627", "CVE-2016-3705", "CVE-2016-4449", "CVE-2016-4483");
script_name(english:"FreeBSD : libxml2 -- multiple vulnerabilities (e195679d-045b-4953-bb33-be0073ba2ac6)");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Daniel Veillard reports :
More format string warnings with possible format string vulnerability
(David Kilzer)
Avoid building recursive entities (Daniel Veillard)
Heap-based buffer overread in htmlCurrentChar (Pranjal Jumde)
Heap-based buffer-underreads due to xmlParseName (David Kilzer)
Heap use-after-free in xmlSAX2AttributeNs (Pranjal Jumde)
Heap use-after-free in htmlParsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral
(Pranjal Jumde)
Fix some format string warnings with possible format string
vulnerability (David Kilzer)
Detect change of encoding when parsing HTML names (Hugh Davenport)
Fix inappropriate fetch of entities content (Daniel Veillard)
Bug 759398: Heap use-after-free in xmlDictComputeFastKey (Pranjal
Jumde)
Bug 758605: Heap-based buffer overread in xmlDictAddString (Pranjal
Jumde)
Bug 758588: Heap-based buffer overread in
xmlParserPrintFileContextInternal (David Kilzer)
Bug 757711: heap-buffer-overflow in xmlFAParsePosCharGroup (Pranjal
Jumde)
Add missing increments of recursion depth counter to XML parser.
(Peter Simons)
Fix NULL pointer deref in XPointer range-to"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2016-May/msg00023.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759398"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758605"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758588"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757711"
);
# https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/patch/?id=d8083bf77955b7879c1290f0c0a24ab8cc70f7fb
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?96b5bf04"
);
# https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/e195679d-045b-4953-bb33-be0073ba2ac6.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9ec29647"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/08/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/08/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"libxml2<2.9.4")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1762
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1833
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1834
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1835
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1836
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1837
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1838
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1839
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1840
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3627
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3705
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4449
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4483
www.nessus.org/u?96b5bf04
www.nessus.org/u?9ec29647
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757711
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758588
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758605
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759398
mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2016-May/msg00023.html
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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
EPSS
Percentile
91.8%