RHEL 5 / 6 : libxml2 (RHSA-2012:1288)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62195

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libxml2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1288 advisory.

- libxml: An off-by-one out-of-bounds write by XPointer part evaluation (CVE-2011-3102)

- libxml2 (64-bit): Multiple integer overflows, leading to DoS or possibly other unspecified impact (CVE-2012-2807)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libxml2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1288.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?503a3d37

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1288

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822109

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=835863

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62195

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1288.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/19/2012

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2807

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxml2-static, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3102, CVE-2012-2807

BID: 53540, 54718

CWE: 190, 787

RHSA: 2012:1288