CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
92.6%
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702779");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-2877");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-10-12 22:00:00 +0000 (Sat, 12 Oct 2013)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2779-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB(6|7)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-2779-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2013/DSA-2779-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2779");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the DSA-2779-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Aki Helin of OUSPG discovered many out-of-bounds read issues in libxml2, the GNOME project's XML parser library, which can lead to denial of service issues when handling XML documents that end abruptly.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2.
For the testing (jessie) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.1+dfsg1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libxml2' package(s) on Debian 6, Debian 7.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB6") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-dbg", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-dev", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-doc", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-utils", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2-dbg", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-2+squeeze8", rls:"DEB6"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "DEB7") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-dbg", ver:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-dev", ver:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-doc", ver:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-utils", ver:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2-utils-dbg", ver:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2", ver:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2-dbg", ver:"2.8.0+dfsg1-7+nmu2", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);