Lucene search

K
nessusThis script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.SL_20200407_LIBXML2_ON_SL7_X.NASL
HistoryApr 21, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)

2020-04-2100:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
www.tenable.com
20

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.106

Percentile

95.0%

  • libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with range-to * libxml2: Use after free in xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate() function in xpath.c * libxml2:
    DoS caused by incorrect error detection during XZ decompression * libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xmlXPathCompOpEval() function in xpath.c * libxml2: Unrestricted memory usage in xz_head() function in xzlib.c * libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection during LZMA decompression
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(135819);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/15");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2015-8035",
    "CVE-2016-5131",
    "CVE-2017-15412",
    "CVE-2017-18258",
    "CVE-2018-14404",
    "CVE-2018-14567"
  );

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"* libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with
range-to * libxml2: Use after free in
xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate() function in xpath.c * libxml2:
DoS caused by incorrect error detection during XZ decompression *
libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xmlXPathCompOpEval() function in
xpath.c * libxml2: Unrestricted memory usage in xz_head() function in
xzlib.c * libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection
during LZMA decompression");
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind2004&L=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-ERRATA&P=12531
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?988a1301");
  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_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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-2017-15412");

  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:"2015/11/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/21");

  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:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  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:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 7.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);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.el7.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.el7.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7.4")) 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");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
fermilabscientific_linuxlibxml2p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2
fermilabscientific_linuxlibxml2-debuginfop-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-debuginfo
fermilabscientific_linuxlibxml2-develp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-devel
fermilabscientific_linuxlibxml2-pythonp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-python
fermilabscientific_linuxlibxml2-staticp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libxml2-static
fermilabscientific_linuxx-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.106

Percentile

95.0%