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
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.2%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842557");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5312", "CVE-2015-7497", "CVE-2015-7498", "CVE-2015-7499", "CVE-2015-7500", "CVE-2015-8241", "CVE-2015-8242", "CVE-2015-8317");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-12-15 04:47:02 +0000 (Tue, 15 Dec 2015)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2834-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(12\.04\ LTS|14\.04\ LTS|15\.04|15\.10)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2834-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2834-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the USN-2834-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Kostya Serebryany discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain
malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause
libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5312,
CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-7498, CVE-2015-7499,CVE-2015-7500)
Hugh Davenport discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain
malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause
libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8241,
CVE-2015-8242)
Hanno Boeck discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain
malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause
libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied
to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.04. (CVE-2015-8317)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libxml2' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 15.10.");
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 == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.13", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU15.04") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.9.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU15.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU15.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu0.2", rls:"UBUNTU15.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);