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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current libxml2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2025-050-01)

🗓️ 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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Slackware Linux 15.0 has libxml2 vulnerabilities pre 2.11.9/2.13.6; fix available in new packages.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory SSA:2025-050-01. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(216498);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-56171", "CVE-2025-24928");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2025-A-0123-S");

  script_name(english:"Slackware Linux 15.0 / current libxml2  Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2025-050-01)");

  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 2.11.9 / 2.13.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2025-050-01 advisory.

    New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the libxml2 security advisory.

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=2025&m=slackware-security.354600
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?da693833");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the affected libxml2 package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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:N/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:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-56171");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/02/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/02/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/02/19");

  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:15.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 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' : '2.11.9', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '2_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'i586' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.11.9', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : '15.0', 'service_pack' : '2_slack15.0', 'arch' : 'x86_64' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.13.6', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '1', 'arch' : 'i686' },
    { 'fixed_version' : '2.13.6', 'product' : 'libxml2', 'os_name' : 'Slackware Linux', 'os_version' : 'current', 'service_pack' : '1', '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");

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17 Oct 2025 00:00Current
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