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TencentOS Server 3: libxml2 (TSSA-2022:0210)

🗓️ 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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TencentOS Server 3 libxml2 vulnerabilities prior to version 2.9.11 require urgent updates for security.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Tencent Linux Security Advisory TSSA-2022:0210.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(239614);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/20");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2021-3516",
    "CVE-2021-3517",
    "CVE-2021-3518",
    "CVE-2021-3537",
    "CVE-2021-3541"
  );

  script_name(english:"TencentOS Server 3: libxml2 (TSSA-2022:0210)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote TencentOS Server 3 host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is,
therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2022:0210 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

      CVE-2021-3541:
      A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing
    protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service.

      CVE-2021-3516:
      There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a
    crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw
    is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

      CVE-2021-3517:
      There is a flaw in the xml entity encoding functionality of libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An
    attacker who is able to supply a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with the affected
    functionality of libxml2 could trigger an out-of-bounds read. The most likely impact of this flaw is to
    application availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity if an attacker is
    able to use memory information to further exploit the application.

      CVE-2021-3518:
      There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to
    be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact
    from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

      CVE-2021-3537:
      A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while
    parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery
    mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this
    vulnerability is to system availability.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20220210.xml");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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-2021-3517");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3518");

  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:"2022/12/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/12/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/06/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:libxml2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Tencent 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_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/etc/os-release", "Host/TencentOS/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'TencentOS' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'TencentOS');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'TencentOS');
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'TencentOS 3.x', 'TencentOS ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/TencentOS/rpm-list')) 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$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'TencentOS', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '3',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'libxml2-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-debugsource-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-devel-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-devel-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-static-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'libxml2-static-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libxml2-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libxml2-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.7-13.tl3.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libxml2 / libxml2-debuginfo / libxml2-debugsource / etc');
}

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20 Nov 2025 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 3.18.6 - 8.8
EPSS0.00381
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