A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 decoded certain entities. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against libxml2, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-5134)
The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(63106);
script_version("1.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5134");
script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20121129)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"A heap-based buffer underflow flaw was found in the way libxml2
decoded certain entities. A remote attacker could provide a specially
crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against
libxml2, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the
application. (CVE-2012-5134)
The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this
update to take effect."
);
# https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1211&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=2504
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bbe1459c"
);
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:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-python");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-static");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/11/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/11/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/11/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^6([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 6.x", "Scientific Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"libxml2-debuginfo-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.15.el5_8.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"libxml2-2.7.6-8.el6_3.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"libxml2-debuginfo-2.7.6-8.el6_3.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.7.6-8.el6_3.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.6-8.el6_3.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"libxml2-static-2.7.6-8.el6_3.4")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2 / libxml2-debuginfo / libxml2-devel / libxml2-python / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
fermilab | scientific_linux | libxml2 | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2 |
fermilab | scientific_linux | libxml2-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-debuginfo |
fermilab | scientific_linux | libxml2-devel | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-devel |
fermilab | scientific_linux | libxml2-python | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-python |
fermilab | scientific_linux | libxml2-static | p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-static |
fermilab | scientific_linux | x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux |