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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2012:176)

🗓️ 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates due to a heap-buffer overflow in libxml2 which could cause application crash or potential arbitrary code execution (CVE-2012-5134)

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2012:176. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(63134);
  script_version("1.11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5134");
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2012:176");

  script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxml2 (MDVSA-2012:176)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A vulnerability was found and corrected in libxml2 :

A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way libxml2 decoded certain
XML entitites. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML
file, which once opened in an application linked against libxml would
cause that application to crash, or, potentially, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running the application
(CVE-2012-5134).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xml2-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xml2_2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxml2-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxml2-python");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxml2-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxml2_2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/12/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/12/03");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64xml2-devel-2.7.8-6.8-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64xml2_2-2.7.8-6.8-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.7.8-6.8-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.8-6.8-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"libxml2-utils-2.7.8-6.8-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libxml2_2-2.7.8-6.8-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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