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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2214-3)

🗓️ 23 Jun 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the USN-2214-3 advisory. The update fixes regressions and vulnerabilities in libxml2 that could cause resource consumption resulting in a denial of service

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841864");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-06-23 11:24:51 +0000 (Mon, 23 Jun 2014)");
  script_version("2023-06-21T05:06:21+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-21 05:06:21 +0000 (Wed, 21 Jun 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2214-3)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(10\.04\ LTS|12\.04\ LTS|13\.10|14\.04\ LTS)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2214-3");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2214-3");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1321869");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the USN-2214-3 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"USN-2214-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libxml2. The upstream fix introduced a
number of regressions. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

 Daniel Berrange discovered that libxml2 would incorrectly perform entity
 substitution even when requested not to. If a user or automated system were
 tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could
 possibly cause resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libxml2' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 14.04.");

  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 == "UBUNTU10.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.13", rls:"UBUNTU10.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.9", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU13.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.3", rls:"UBUNTU13.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml2", ver:"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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