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
EPSS
Percentile
88.4%
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0988 :
Updated libxml2 packages that fix security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
libxml2 is a library for parsing and manipulating XML files. It includes support for reading, modifying, and writing XML and HTML files.
An integer overflow flaw causing a heap-based buffer overflow was found in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2008-4226)
A denial of service flaw was discovered in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the application to enter an infinite loop.
(CVE-2008-4225)
Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team for reporting these issues.
Users of libxml2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0988 and
# Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2008-0988 respectively.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(67769);
script_version("1.12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4225", "CVE-2008-4226");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2008:0988");
script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : libxml2 (ELSA-2008-0988)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0988 :
Updated libxml2 packages that fix security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.
libxml2 is a library for parsing and manipulating XML files. It
includes support for reading, modifying, and writing XML and HTML
files.
An integer overflow flaw causing a heap-based buffer overflow was
found in the libxml2 XML parser. If an application linked against
libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed XML content, it could cause the
application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2008-4226)
A denial of service flaw was discovered in the libxml2 XML parser. If
an application linked against libxml2 processed untrusted, malformed
XML content, it could cause the application to enter an infinite loop.
(CVE-2008-4225)
Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security
team for reporting these issues.
Users of libxml2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to correct these issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-November/000803.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-November/000804.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-November/000805.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected libxml2 packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cwe_id(189, 399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libxml2-python");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/11/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/11/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/07/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"libxml2-2.5.10-14.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-2.5.10-14.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.5.10-14.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.5.10-14.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"libxml2-python-2.5.10-14.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-python-2.5.10-14.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL4", reference:"libxml2-2.6.16-12.6.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL4", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.6.16-12.6.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL4", reference:"libxml2-python-2.6.16-12.6.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.0.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.7.0.1")) 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-devel / libxml2-python");
}