Fedora Update for libxml2 FEDORA-2013-6110 - It is recommended to install the updated packages for libxml2 on Fedora 18 due to a vulnerability in the library
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
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# Fedora Update for libxml2 FEDORA-2013-6110
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# Authors:
# System Generated Check
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_affected = "libxml2 on Fedora 18";
tag_insight = "This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support
to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. There is DTDs support
this includes parsing and validation even with complex DtDs, either
at parse time or later once the document has been modified. The output
can be a simple SAX stream or and in-memory DOM like representations.
In this case one can use the built-in XPath and XPointer implementation
to select sub nodes or ranges. A flexible Input/Output mechanism is
available, with existing HTTP and FTP modules and combined to an
URI library.";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_id(865578);
script_version("$Revision: 8483 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-01-22 07:58:04 +0100 (Mon, 22 Jan 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-04-25 10:16:52 +0530 (Thu, 25 Apr 2013)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Fedora Update for libxml2 FEDORA-2013-6110");
script_xref(name: "FEDORA", value: "2013-6110");
script_xref(name: "URL" , value: "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103429.html");
script_tag(name: "summary" , value: "Check for the Version of libxml2");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/fedora", "ssh/login/rpms");
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "FC18")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libxml2", rpm:"libxml2~2.9.1~1.fc18", rls:"FC18")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
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