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HistoryDec 09, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Slackware Linux 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / 15.0 / current libxml2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2023-343-01)

2023-12-0900:00:00
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slackware linux
libxml2
multiple vulnerabilities
ssa:2023-343-01
xml document parsing
integer overflow
segmentation fault
xml entity definitions
hash table
xsd schemas
null pointer dereference
memory errors
nessus scanner

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

The version of libxml2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.12.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2023-343-01 advisory.

  • An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault. (CVE-2022-40303)

  • An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked. (CVE-2022-40304)

  • In libxml2 before 2.10.4, parsing of certain invalid XSD schemas can lead to a NULL pointer dereference and subsequently a segfault. This occurs in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType in xmlschemas.c. (CVE-2023-28484)

  • An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the ‘\0’ value). (CVE-2023-29469)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory SSA:2023-343-01. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(186706);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/09");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2022-40303",
    "CVE-2022-40304",
    "CVE-2023-28484",
    "CVE-2023-29469"
  );

  script_name(english:"Slackware Linux 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / 15.0 / current libxml2  Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2023-343-01)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to libxml2.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of libxml2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.12.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2023-343-01 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the
    XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to
    access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault. (CVE-2022-40303)

  - An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a
    hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be
    provoked. (CVE-2022-40304)

  - In libxml2 before 2.10.4, parsing of certain invalid XSD schemas can lead to a NULL pointer dereference
    and subsequently a segfault. This occurs in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType in xmlschemas.c. (CVE-2023-28484)

  - An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.4. When hashing empty dict strings in a crafted XML
    document, xmlDictComputeFastKey in dict.c can produce non-deterministic values, leading to various logic
    and memory errors, such as a double free. This behavior occurs because there is an attempt to use the
    first byte of an empty string, and any value is possible (not solely the '\0' value). (CVE-2023-29469)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2023&m=slackware-security.489213
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fed58791");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the affected libxml2 package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-40304");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/10/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/12/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/12/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");

  exit(0);
}

include("slackware.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);

var flag = 0;
var constraints = [
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.0', 'arch' : 'i486' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.0', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.1', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.1', 'arch' : 'i486' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.1', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.1', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.2', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.2', 'arch' : 'i586' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '14.2', 'service_pack' : '1_slack14.2', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'i586' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '1_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '2', 'arch' : 'i586' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.12.2', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '2', 'arch' : 'x86_64' }
];

foreach var constraint (constraints) {
    var pkg_arch = constraint['arch'];
    var arch = NULL;
    if (pkg_arch == "x86_64") {
        arch = pkg_arch;
    }
    if (slackware_check(osver:constraint['os_version'],
                        arch:arch,
                        pkgname:constraint['product'],
                        pkgver:constraint['fixed_version'],
                        pkgarch:pkg_arch,
                        pkgnum:constraint['service_pack'])) flag++;
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : slackware_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
slackwareslackware_linuxcpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux
slackwareslackware_linux14.0cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0
slackwareslackware_linux14.1cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1
slackwareslackware_linux14.2cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.2
slackwareslackware_linuxlibxml2p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:libxml2
slackwareslackware_linux15.0cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0