CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
88.2%
Updated libxml2 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.
Several denial of service flaws were found in libxml2, a library providing support for reading, modifying, and writing XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to use an excessive amount of CPU, leak potentially sensitive information, or in certain cases crash the application.
(CVE-2015-5312, CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, CVE-2015-7500 CVE-2015-7941, CVE-2015-7942, CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8242, CVE-2015-8317, BZ#1213957, BZ#1281955)
Red Hat would like to thank the GNOME project for reporting CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, CVE-2015-7500, CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8242, and CVE-2015-8317. Upstream acknowledges Kostya Serebryany of Google as the original reporter of CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, and CVE-2015-7500; Hugh Davenport as the original reporter of CVE-2015-8241 and CVE-2015-8242; and Hanno Boeck as the original reporter of CVE-2015-8317.
All libxml2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:2549. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(87233);
script_version("2.15");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/24 15:35:40");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5312", "CVE-2015-7497", "CVE-2015-7498", "CVE-2015-7499", "CVE-2015-7500", "CVE-2015-7941", "CVE-2015-7942", "CVE-2015-8241", "CVE-2015-8242", "CVE-2015-8317");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2015:2549");
script_name(english:"RHEL 6 : libxml2 (RHSA-2015:2549)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated libxml2 packages that fix multiple security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the
implementation of various XML standards.
Several denial of service flaws were found in libxml2, a library
providing support for reading, modifying, and writing XML and HTML
files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML
file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause
that application to use an excessive amount of CPU, leak potentially
sensitive information, or in certain cases crash the application.
(CVE-2015-5312, CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499,
CVE-2015-7500 CVE-2015-7941, CVE-2015-7942, CVE-2015-8241,
CVE-2015-8242, CVE-2015-8317, BZ#1213957, BZ#1281955)
Red Hat would like to thank the GNOME project for reporting
CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, CVE-2015-7500,
CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-8242, and CVE-2015-8317. Upstream acknowledges
Kostya Serebryany of Google as the original reporter of CVE-2015-7497,
CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499, and CVE-2015-7500; Hugh Davenport as the
original reporter of CVE-2015-8241 and CVE-2015-8242; and Hanno Boeck
as the original reporter of CVE-2015-8317.
All libxml2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. The desktop
must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take
effect."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2549"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7497"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7500"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8241"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7499"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7498"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8242"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5312"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8317"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7942"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7941"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-python");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-static");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.7");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/11/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/12/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/12/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 6.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2015:2549";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"libxml2-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"i686", reference:"libxml2-static-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"s390x", reference:"libxml2-static-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-static-2.7.6-20.el6_7.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
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");
}
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5312
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7497
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7498
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7499
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7500
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7941
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7942
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8241
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8242
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8317
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2549
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5312
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7497
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7498
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7499
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7500
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7941
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7942
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8241
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8242
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8317