Ubuntu libxml2 vulnerability discovered by Bui Quang Min
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 116 |
---|---|---|---|---|
OSV | libxml2 - potential code execution | 1 Dec 201000:00 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security and bug fix update | 15 Sep 202419:24 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update | 15 Sep 202419:38 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: mingw32-libxml2 security update | 15 Sep 202420:27 | – | osv |
Debian CVE | CVE-2010-4008 | 17 Nov 201001:00 | – | debiancve |
Veracode | Denial Of Service (Dos) | 15 Jan 201908:55 | – | veracode |
Tenable Nessus | openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2010:1004-1) | 5 May 201100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libxml2 (cve_2010_4008_denial_of) | 19 Jan 201500:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | SuSE 10 Security Update : libxml2 (ZYPP Patch Number 7214) | 2 Dec 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Debian DSA-2128-1 : libxml2 - invalid memory access | 2 Dec 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
---|---|
cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
usn | www.usn.ubuntu.com/1016-1/ |
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1016-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(50560);
script_version("1.12");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:26");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4008");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"1016-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-1016-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Bui Quang Minh discovered that libxml2 did not properly process XPath
namespaces and attributes. If an application using libxml2 opened a
specially crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service or possibly execute code as the user invoking the program.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://usn.ubuntu.com/1016-1/"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
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:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxml2-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-libxml2-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.4-libxml2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/11/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/11/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/11/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(6\.06|8\.04|9\.10|10\.04|10\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 8.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 / 10.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libxml2", pkgver:"2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libxml2-dev", pkgver:"2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libxml2-doc", pkgver:"2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"libxml2-utils", pkgver:"2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"python-libxml2", pkgver:"2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"python2.4-libxml2", pkgver:"2.6.24.dfsg-1ubuntu1.6")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libxml2", pkgver:"2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libxml2-dev", pkgver:"2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libxml2-doc", pkgver:"2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"libxml2-utils", pkgver:"2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"python-libxml2", pkgver:"2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"python-libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libxml2", pkgver:"2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libxml2-dev", pkgver:"2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libxml2-doc", pkgver:"2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libxml2-utils", pkgver:"2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"python-libxml2", pkgver:"2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"python-libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.7.5.dfsg-1ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libxml2", pkgver:"2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libxml2-dev", pkgver:"2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libxml2-doc", pkgver:"2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"libxml2-utils", pkgver:"2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"python-libxml2", pkgver:"2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.04", pkgname:"python-libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.10", pkgname:"libxml2", pkgver:"2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.10", pkgname:"libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.10", pkgname:"libxml2-dev", pkgver:"2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.10", pkgname:"libxml2-doc", pkgver:"2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.10", pkgname:"libxml2-utils", pkgver:"2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.10", pkgname:"python-libxml2", pkgver:"2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"10.10", pkgname:"python-libxml2-dbg", pkgver:"2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2 / libxml2-dbg / libxml2-dev / libxml2-doc / libxml2-utils / etc");
}
Transform Your Security Services
Elevate your offerings with Vulners' advanced Vulnerability Intelligence. Contact us for a demo and discover the difference comprehensive, actionable intelligence can make in your security strategy.
Book a live demo