CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
92.4%
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71498");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2807");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-08-10 07:20:43 +0000 (Fri, 10 Aug 2012)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2521-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB6");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-2521-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2012/DSA-2521-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2521");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the DSA-2521-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Jueri Aedla discovered several integer overflows in libxml, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.0+dfsg1-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libxml2' package(s) on Debian 6.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB6") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-dbg", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-dev", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-doc", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-utils", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2-dbg", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze5", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);