openSUSE: Security Advisory for libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2016:1595-1)
🗓️ 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851341");
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 05:20:19 +0200 (Fri, 17 Jun 2016)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8806", "CVE-2016-1762", "CVE-2016-1833", "CVE-2016-1834",
"CVE-2016-1835", "CVE-2016-1837", "CVE-2016-1838", "CVE-2016-1839",
"CVE-2016-1840", "CVE-2016-2073", "CVE-2016-3705", "CVE-2016-4447",
"CVE-2016-4448", "CVE-2016-4449", "CVE-2016-4483");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-12-27 16:08:00 +0000 (Fri, 27 Dec 2019)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2016:1595-1)");
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 for libxml2 fixes the following security issues:
- CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-1839: A Heap-buffer overread was
fixed in libxml2/dict.c [bsc#963963, bsc#965283, bsc#981114].
- CVE-2016-4483: Code was added to avoid an out of bound access when
serializing malformed strings [bsc#978395].
- CVE-2016-1762: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in xmlNextChar
[bsc#981040].
- CVE-2016-1834: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlStrncat [bsc#981041].
- CVE-2016-1833: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in htmlCurrentChar
[bsc#981108].
- CVE-2016-1835: Fixed a heap use-after-free in xmlSAX2AttributeNs
[bsc#981109].
- CVE-2016-1837: Fixed a heap use-after-free in htmlParsePubidLiteral and
htmlParseSystemiteral [bsc#981111].
- CVE-2016-1838: Fixed a heap-based buffer overread in
xmlParserPrintFileContextInternal [bsc#981112].
- CVE-2016-1840: Fixed a heap-buffer-overflow in xmlFAParsePosCharGroup
[bsc#981115].
- CVE-2016-4447: Fixed a heap-based buffer-underreads due to xmlParseName
[bsc#981548].
- CVE-2016-4448: Fixed some format string warnings with possible format
string vulnerability [bsc#981549],
- CVE-2016-4449: Fixed inappropriate fetch of entities content
[bsc#981550].
- CVE-2016-3705: Fixed missing increment of recursion counter.
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"libxml2 on openSUSE Leap 42.1");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2016:1595-1");
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=openSUSELeap42\.1");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "openSUSELeap42.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-2", rpm:"libxml2-2~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-2-debuginfo", rpm:"libxml2-2-debuginfo~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-debugsource", rpm:"libxml2-debugsource~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-devel", rpm:"libxml2-devel~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-tools", rpm:"libxml2-tools~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-tools-debuginfo", rpm:"libxml2-tools-debuginfo~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2", rpm:"python-libxml2~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2-debuginfo", rpm:"python-libxml2-debuginfo~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-libxml2-debugsource", rpm:"python-libxml2-debugsource~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-2-32bit", rpm:"libxml2-2-32bit~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit", rpm:"libxml2-2-debuginfo-32bit~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-devel-32bit", rpm:"libxml2-devel-32bit~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-doc", rpm:"libxml2-doc~2.9.1~19.1", rls:"openSUSELeap42.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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