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HistorySep 08, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-36)

2015-09-0800:00:00
Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen
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The remote host is missing an update announced via the referenced Security Advisory.

# Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (C) of their respective author(s)
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120221");
  script_version("2020-03-13T13:19:50+0000");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 13:20:41 +0200 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2020-03-13 13:19:50 +0000 (Fri, 13 Mar 2020)");
  script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-36)");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 decoded entity references with long names. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against libxml2, would cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-3919 )An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against libxml2, would cause the application to crash. (CVE-2011-3905 )");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Run yum update libxml2 to update your system.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-36.html");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3919", "CVE-2011-3905");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update announced via the referenced Security Advisory.");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen");
  script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "AMAZON") {
  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-devel", rpm:"libxml2-devel~2.7.6~4.11.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-static", rpm:"libxml2-static~2.7.6~4.11.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-debuginfo", rpm:"libxml2-debuginfo~2.7.6~4.11.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-python", rpm:"libxml2-python~2.7.6~4.11.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2", rpm:"libxml2~2.7.6~4.11.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);