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openSUSE: Security Advisory for libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2016:1594-1)

🗓️ 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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OpenSUSE libxml2 security update (openSUSE-SU-2016:1594-1) - Multiple vulnerabilities fixe

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851340");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-06-17 05:19:58 +0200 (Fri, 17 Jun 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1762", "CVE-2016-1833", "CVE-2016-1834", "CVE-2016-1835",
                "CVE-2016-1836", "CVE-2016-1837", "CVE-2016-1838", "CVE-2016-1839",
                "CVE-2016-1840", "CVE-2016-3627", "CVE-2016-3705", "CVE-2016-4483");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-03-25 17:24:00 +0000 (Mon, 25 Mar 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2016:1594-1)");

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

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update brings libxml2 to version 2.9.4.

  These security issues were fixed:

  - CVE-2016-3627: The xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c, when used in
  recovery mode, allowed context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of
  service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash)
  via a crafted XML document (bsc#972335).

  - CVE-2016-1833: libxml2 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML
  document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1834, CVE-2016-1836,
  CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1839, and CVE-2016-1840
  (bsc#981108).

  - CVE-2016-1835: libxml2 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML
  document (bsc#981109).

  - CVE-2016-1837: libxml2 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML
  document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1834,
  CVE-2016-1836, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1839, and CVE-2016-1840
  (bsc#981111).

  - CVE-2016-1836: libxml2 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML
  document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1834,
  CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1839, and CVE-2016-1840
  (bsc#981110).

  - CVE-2016-1839: libxml2 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML
  document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1834,
  CVE-2016-1836, CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1838, and CVE-2016-1840
  (bsc#981114).

  - CVE-2016-1838: libxml2 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML
  document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1834,
  CVE-2016-1836, CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1839, and CVE-2016-1840
  (bsc#981112).

  - CVE-2016-1840: libxml2 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML
  document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1834,
  CVE-2016-1836, CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1838, and CVE-2016-1839
  (bsc#981115).

  - CVE-2016-4483: out-of-bounds read parsing an XML using recover mode
  (bnc#978395).

  - CVE-2016-1834: libxml2 allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML
  document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1836,
 ...

  Description truncated, please see the referenced URL(s) for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"libxml2 on openSUSE 13.2");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2016:1594-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSE13\.2");
  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSE13.2")
{

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-2", rpm:"libxml2-2~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-2-debuginfo", rpm:"libxml2-2-debuginfo~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-debugsource", rpm:"libxml2-debugsource~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-devel", rpm:"libxml2-devel~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-tools", rpm:"libxml2-tools~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-tools-debuginfo", rpm:"libxml2-tools-debuginfo~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2", rpm:"python-libxml2~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2-debuginfo", rpm:"python-libxml2-debuginfo~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2-debugsource", rpm:"python-libxml2-debugsource~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-2-32bit", rpm:"libxml2-2-32bit~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit", rpm:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-devel-32bit", rpm:"libxml2-devel-32bit~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-doc", rpm:"libxml2-doc~2.9.4~7.17.1", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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