6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.015 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.5%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871272");
script_version("2024-03-21T05:06:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-21 05:06:54 +0000 (Thu, 21 Mar 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-10-17 05:58:21 +0200 (Fri, 17 Oct 2014)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3660");
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("RedHat Update for libxml2 RHSA-2014:1655-01");
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 version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation
of various XML standards.
A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2, a library providing support
to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could
provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application
using libxml2, would lead to excessive CPU consumption (denial of service)
based on excessive entity substitutions, even if entity substitution was
disabled, which is the parser default behavior. (CVE-2014-3660)
All libxml2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The desktop must be
restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"libxml2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:1655-01");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2014-October/msg00033.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=RHENT_(7|6)");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release) exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "RHENT_7")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2", rpm:"libxml2~2.9.1~5.el7_0.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-debuginfo", rpm:"libxml2-debuginfo~2.9.1~5.el7_0.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-devel", rpm:"libxml2-devel~2.9.1~5.el7_0.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-python", rpm:"libxml2-python~2.9.1~5.el7_0.1", rls:"RHENT_7")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
if(release == "RHENT_6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2", rpm:"libxml2~2.7.6~17.el6_6.1", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-debuginfo", rpm:"libxml2-debuginfo~2.7.6~17.el6_6.1", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-devel", rpm:"libxml2-devel~2.7.6~17.el6_6.1", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2-python", rpm:"libxml2-python~2.7.6~17.el6_6.1", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}