Debian Security Advisory DSA 3243-1 (libxml-libxml-perl - security update)

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3243.nasl 6609 2017-07-07 12:05:59Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3243-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
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if(description)
{
    script_id(703243);
    script_version("$Revision: 6609 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3451");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3243-1 (libxml-libxml-perl - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:59 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2015-05-01 00:00:00 +0200 (Fri, 01 May 2015)");
    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_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
    script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "libxml-libxml-perl on Debian Linux");
        script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "XML::LibXML is a Perl interface to the GNOME libxml2 library, which provides
interfaces for parsing and manipulating XML files. This module allows Perl
programmers to make use of the highly capable validating XML parser and the
high performance Document Object Model (DOM) implementation. Additionally, it
supports using the XML Path Language (XPath) to find and extract information.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0001+dfsg-1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0116+dfsg-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0116+dfsg-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml-libxml-perl packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "Tilmann Haak from xing.com discovered that XML::LibXML, a Perl interface
to the libxml2 library, did not respect the expand_entities parameter to
disable processing of external entities in some circumstances. This may
allow attackers to gain read access to otherwise protected resources,
depending on how the library is used.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
    exit(0);
}

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

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml-libxml-perl", ver:"2.0001+dfsg-1+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxml-libxml-perl", ver:"2.0116+dfsg-1+deb8u1", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}