Amazon Linux AMI : libxml2 (ALAS-2012-143)

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2012-143.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(69633);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:34");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5134");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2012-143");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2012:1512");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : libxml2 (ALAS-2012-143)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was found in the way libxml2
decoded certain entities. A remote attacker could provide a specially
crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against
libxml2, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
application. (CVE-2012-5134)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-143.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update libxml2' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-python");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libxml2-static");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/04");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"libxml2-2.7.8-10.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.8-10.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.7.8-10.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.8-10.25.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"libxml2-static-2.7.8-10.25.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  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");
}