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Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libxml2 (cve_2010_4008_denial_of)

🗓️ 19 Jan 2015 00:00:00Reported by This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.Type 
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The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates related to libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other products, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document. (CVE-2010-4008

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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 the Oracle Third Party software advisories.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(80687);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4008");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libxml2 (cve_2010_4008_denial_of)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the 'entire' version.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party
software."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address
security updates :

  - libxml2 before 2.7.8, as used in Google Chrome before
    7.0.517.44, Apple Safari 5.0.2 and earlier, and other
    products, reads from invalid memory locations during
    processing of malformed XPath expressions, which allows
    context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
    (application crash) via a crafted XML document.
    (CVE-2010-4008)"
  );
  # https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/thirdparty-patch-map-1482893.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/cve-2010-4008-denial-of-service-dos-vulnerability-in-libxml2"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 10.5.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:libxml2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/08/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/01/19");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Solaris Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Solaris11/release", "Host/Solaris11/pkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("solaris.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Solaris11/release");
if (isnull(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Solaris11");
pkg_list = solaris_pkg_list_leaves();
if (isnull (pkg_list)) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING, "Solaris pkg-list packages");

if (empty_or_null(egrep(string:pkg_list, pattern:"^libxml2$"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2");

flag = 0;

if (solaris_check_release(release:"0.5.11-0.175.0.10.0.5.0", sru:"SRU 10.5a") > 0) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  error_extra = 'Affected package : libxml2\n' + solaris_get_report2();
  error_extra = ereg_replace(pattern:"version", replace:"OS version", string:error_extra);
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:error_extra);
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, "libxml2");

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