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HistoryOct 15, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-2779-1 : libxml2 - denial of service

2013-10-1500:00:00
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Aki Helin of OUSPG discovered many out-of-bounds read issues in libxml2, the GNOME project’s XML parser library, which can lead to denial of service issues when handling XML documents that end abruptly.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2779. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(70417);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-2877");
  script_bugtraq_id(61050);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2779");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2779-1 : libxml2 - denial of service");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Aki Helin of OUSPG discovered many out-of-bounds read issues in
libxml2, the GNOME project's XML parser library, which can lead to
denial of service issues when handling XML documents that end
abruptly."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715531"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/libxml2"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libxml2"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2779"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the libxml2 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/10/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/10/15");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libxml2", reference:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libxml2-dbg", reference:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libxml2-dev", reference:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libxml2-doc", reference:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libxml2-utils", reference:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"python-libxml2", reference:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"python-libxml2-dbg", reference:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-dbg", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-dev", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-doc", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-utils", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxml2-utils-dbg", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"python-libxml2", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"python-libxml2-dbg", reference:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxlibxml2p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml2
debiandebian_linux6.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
debiandebian_linux7.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0