#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# the CentOS Stream Build Service.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(242071);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-6021", "CVE-2025-49794", "CVE-2025-49796");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2025-A-0707-S");
script_name(english:"CentOS 9 : libxml2-2.9.13-10.el9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for libxml2.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
libxml2-2.9.13-10.el9 build changelog.
- A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can
trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that
can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to
sensitive data being corrupted in memory. (CVE-2025-49796)
- A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under
certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path=.../> schema elements. This flaw
allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the
program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors. (CVE-2025-49794)
- A flaw was found in libxml2's xmlBuildQName function, where integer overflows in buffer size calculations
can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This issue can result in memory corruption or a denial of
service when processing crafted input. (CVE-2025-6021)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=79800");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the CentOS 9 Stream libxml2 package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/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:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-49796");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/06/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/07/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/07/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:centos:centos:9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libxml2-static");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'CentOS' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'CentOS');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_version, rhel_version: '9')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS 9.x', 'CentOS ' + os_version);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/rpm-list')) 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 && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'CentOS', cpu);
var constraints = [
{
'release': '9',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'libxml2-2.9.13-10.el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libxml2-devel-2.9.13-10.el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'libxml2-static-2.9.13-10.el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'python3-libxml2-2.9.13-10.el9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
}
];
var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');
var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
# Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
}
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
}
foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
reference = NULL;
sp = NULL;
_cpu = NULL;
el_string = NULL;
rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
epoch = NULL;
allowmaj = NULL;
exists_check = NULL;
cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
(!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libxml2 / libxml2-devel / libxml2-static / python3-libxml2');
}
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