A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in XML::LibXML, a Perl interface to the libxml2 library, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild() call.
#%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-4042. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(104686);
script_version("3.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-10672");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4042");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4042-1 : libxml-libxml-perl - 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:
"A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in XML::LibXML, a Perl
interface to the libxml2 library, allowing an attacker to execute
arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild() call."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=866676"
);
# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libxml-libxml-perl
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?42adb548"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libxml-libxml-perl"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libxml-libxml-perl"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4042"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the libxml-libxml-perl packages.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0116+dfsg-1+deb8u2.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0128+dfsg-1+deb9u1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxml-libxml-perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/11/20");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 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:"libxml-libxml-perl", reference:"2.0116+dfsg-1+deb8u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libxml-libxml-perl", reference:"2.0128+dfsg-1+deb9u1")) 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 | libxml-libxml-perl |
debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |