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HistoryFeb 26, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-6658-1)

2024-02-2600:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu
libxml2
vulnerability
usn-6658-1
dtd validation
xinclude expansion
use-after-free

CVSS3

7.5

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

AI Score

8.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.0%

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6658-1 advisory.

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML documents. A remote attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary     code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6658-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(191019);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-25062");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0067");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6658-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-6658-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the USN-6658-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML documents. A remote attacker could possibly
    use this issue to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
    code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6658-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-25062");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/02/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/02/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/02/26");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '23.10' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 23.10', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.7'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-dev', 'pkgver': '2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.7'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-utils', 'pkgver': '2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.7'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'python-libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.7'},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.7'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-dev', 'pkgver': '2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-utils', 'pkgver': '2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4'},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'python3-libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-dev', 'pkgver': '2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'libxml2-utils', 'pkgver': '2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.1'},
    {'osver': '23.10', 'pkgname': 'python3-libxml2', 'pkgver': '2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libxml2 / libxml2-dev / libxml2-utils / python-libxml2 / etc');
}

CVSS3

7.5

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

AI Score

8.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.0%