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FreeBSD : libxml2 -- Stack-based Buffer Overflow (fdd02be0-3e50-11f0-95d4-00a098b42aeb)

🗓️ 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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FreeBSD versions prior to tested version are vulnerable to libxml2 stack overflow exploit in DTD.

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    [email protected] reports:
    libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a stack-based
            buffer overflow in xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c.  To exploit this,
            DTD validation must occur for an untrusted document or untrusted
            DTD.  NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2017-9047.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
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01 Jun 2025 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.17.7 - 7.8
EPSS0.00235
SSVC
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