Nick Wellnhofer discovered that the xsltFormatNumberConversion function in libxslt, an XSLT processing runtime library, does not properly check for a zero byte terminating the pattern string. This flaw can be exploited to leak a couple of bytes after the buffer that holds the pattern string.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3709. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(94645);
script_version("2.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4738");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3709");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3709-1 : libxslt - security update");
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:
"Nick Wellnhofer discovered that the xsltFormatNumberConversion
function in libxslt, an XSLT processing runtime library, does not
properly check for a zero byte terminating the pattern string. This
flaw can be exploited to leak a couple of bytes after the buffer that
holds the pattern string."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842570"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libxslt"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3709"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the libxslt packages.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.28-2+deb8u2."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:libxslt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/11/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/11/09");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 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:"8.0", prefix:"libxslt1-dbg", reference:"1.1.28-2+deb8u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libxslt1-dev", reference:"1.1.28-2+deb8u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libxslt1.1", reference:"1.1.28-2+deb8u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"python-libxslt1", reference:"1.1.28-2+deb8u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"python-libxslt1-dbg", reference:"1.1.28-2+deb8u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"xsltproc", reference:"1.1.28-2+deb8u2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version |
---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | libxslt |
debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |