CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
91.7%
This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issues :
CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-1839: A Heap-buffer overread was fixed in libxml2/dict.c [bsc#963963, bsc#965283, bsc#981114].
CVE-2016-4483: Code was added to avoid an out of bound access when serializing malformed strings [bsc#978395].
CVE-2016-1762: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlNextChar [bsc#981040].
CVE-2016-1834: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlStrncat [bsc#981041].
CVE-2016-1833: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in htmlCurrentChar [bsc#981108].
CVE-2016-1835: Fixed a heap use-after-free in xmlSAX2AttributeNs [bsc#981109].
CVE-2016-1837: Fixed a heap use-after-free in htmlParsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral [bsc#981111].
CVE-2016-1838: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlParserPrintFileContextInternal [bsc#981112].
CVE-2016-1840: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlFAParsePosCharGroup [bsc#981115].
CVE-2016-4447: Fixed a heap-based buffer-underreads due to xmlParseName [bsc#981548].
CVE-2016-4448: Fixed some format string warnings with possible format string vulnerability [bsc#981549],
CVE-2016-4449: Fixed inappropriate fetch of entities content [bsc#981550].
CVE-2016-3705: Fixed missing increment of recursion counter.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2016:1604-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(93154);
script_version("2.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8806", "CVE-2016-1762", "CVE-2016-1833", "CVE-2016-1834", "CVE-2016-1835", "CVE-2016-1837", "CVE-2016-1838", "CVE-2016-1839", "CVE-2016-1840", "CVE-2016-2073", "CVE-2016-3705", "CVE-2016-4447", "CVE-2016-4448", "CVE-2016-4449", "CVE-2016-4483");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2016:1604-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"This update for libxml2 fixes the following security issues :
- CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-1839: A
Heap-buffer overread was fixed in libxml2/dict.c
[bsc#963963, bsc#965283, bsc#981114].
- CVE-2016-4483: Code was added to avoid an out of bound
access when serializing malformed strings [bsc#978395].
- CVE-2016-1762: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in
xmlNextChar [bsc#981040].
- CVE-2016-1834: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in
xmlStrncat [bsc#981041].
- CVE-2016-1833: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in
htmlCurrentChar [bsc#981108].
- CVE-2016-1835: Fixed a heap use-after-free in
xmlSAX2AttributeNs [bsc#981109].
- CVE-2016-1837: Fixed a heap use-after-free in
htmlParsePubidLiteral and htmlParseSystemiteral
[bsc#981111].
- CVE-2016-1838: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in
xmlParserPrintFileContextInternal [bsc#981112].
- CVE-2016-1840: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in
xmlFAParsePosCharGroup [bsc#981115].
- CVE-2016-4447: Fixed a heap-based buffer-underreads due
to xmlParseName [bsc#981548].
- CVE-2016-4448: Fixed some format string warnings with
possible format string vulnerability [bsc#981549],
- CVE-2016-4449: Fixed inappropriate fetch of entities
content [bsc#981550].
- CVE-2016-3705: Fixed missing increment of recursion
counter.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=963963"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965283"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978395"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981040"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981041"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981108"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981109"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981111"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981112"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981114"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981115"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981548"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981549"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981550"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8806/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1762/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1833/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1834/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1835/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1837/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1838/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1839/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1840/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2073/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3705/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4447/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4448/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4449/"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4483/"
);
# https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161604-1/
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?408e371e"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5 :
zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 :
zypper in -t patch slemap21-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Manager 2.1 :
zypper in -t patch sleman21-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch slessp3-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch slessp2-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-libxml2-12616=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch dbgsp2-libxml2-12616=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'."
);
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:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-python");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/02/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/06/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/08/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES11)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES11", "SUSE " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES11" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3|4)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES11 SP2/3/4", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"3", cpu:"s390x", reference:"libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"3", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"2", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"2", cpu:"s390x", reference:"libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"2", reference:"libxml2-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"2", reference:"libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.44.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"2", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.44.4")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
novell | suse_linux | libxml2 | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2 |
novell | suse_linux | libxml2-doc | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-doc |
novell | suse_linux | libxml2-python | p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-python |
novell | suse_linux | 11 | cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8806
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1762
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1833
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1834
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1835
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1837
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1838
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1839
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1840
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2073
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3705
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4447
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4448
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4449
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4483
www.nessus.org/u?408e371e
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=963963
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965283
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978395
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981040
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981041
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981108
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981109
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981111
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981112
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981114
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981115
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981548
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981549
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=981550
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8806/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1762/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1833/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1834/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1835/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1837/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1838/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1839/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1840/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2073/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3705/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4447/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4448/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4449/
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4483/
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
91.7%