Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9318 - XXE vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-0164-1.NASL description This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-9318: libxml2 did not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which made it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document (bsc#1010675). - Prevent NULL dereference in xpointer.c and xmlDumpElementContent, and infinite recursion in xmlParseConditionalSections when in recovery mode(bnc#1014873) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96566 published 2017-01-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96566 title SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:0164-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2017:0164-1. # The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96566); script_version("3.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/11 11:22:14"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9318"); script_name(english:"SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:0164-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-9318: libxml2 did not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which made it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document (bsc#1010675). - Prevent NULL dereference in xpointer.c and xmlDumpElementContent, and infinite recursion in xmlParseConditionalSections when in recovery mode(bnc#1014873) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010675" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1014873" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9318/" ); # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170164-1/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5634930f" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product : SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libxml2-12940=1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-libxml2-12940=1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libxml2-12940=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-python"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/11/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES11)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES11", "SUSE " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu); sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel"); if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0"; if (os_ver == "SLES11" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES11 SP4", os_ver + " SP" + sp); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.64.1")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", cpu:"s390x", reference:"libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.64.1")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-2.7.6-0.64.1")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.64.1")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.64.4")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2"); }
NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2017-1070.NASL description According to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted documenti1/4Z(CVE-2016-9318) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-06 modified 2017-05-03 plugin id 99936 published 2017-05-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99936 title EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2017-1070) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(99936); script_version("3.11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/04"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-9318" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2017-1070)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted documenti1/4Z(CVE-2016-9318) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2017-1070 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b4777d6a"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected libxml2 package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/03/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libxml2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libxml2-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libxml2-python"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp"); script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0"); sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp"); if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP2"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP2", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["libxml2-2.9.1-6.3.h2", "libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.3.h2", "libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.3.h2"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"2", reference:pkg)) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-1366-1.NASL description This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues : - Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873] - CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing for DoS (bsc#1017497) - CVE-2014-0191: External parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled could cause a DoS. (bsc#876652) - CVE-2016-9318: XML External Entity (XXE) could be abused via crafted document. (bsc#1010675) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100352 published 2017-05-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100352 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1. # The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(100352); script_version("3.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/11 11:22:15"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0191", "CVE-2016-9318", "CVE-2016-9597"); script_bugtraq_id(67233); script_name(english:"SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:1366-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues : - Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873] - CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing for DoS (bsc#1017497) - CVE-2014-0191: External parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled could cause a DoS. (bsc#876652) - CVE-2016-9318: XML External Entity (XXE) could be abused via crafted document. (bsc#1010675) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010675" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1013930" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1014873" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017497" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=876652" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0191/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9318/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9597/" ); # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171366-1/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?928a1587" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product : SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-833=1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-833=1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-833=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-2-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-debugsource"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxml2-tools-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-libxml2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-libxml2-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-libxml2-debugsource"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/01/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/05/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! 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NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2017-1069.NASL description According to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted documenti1/4Z(CVE-2016-9318) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-06 modified 2017-05-02 plugin id 99916 published 2017-05-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99916 title EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2017-1069) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(99916); script_version("3.11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/04"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-9318" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2017-1069)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted documenti1/4Z(CVE-2016-9318) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2017-1069 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a428c71d"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected libxml2 package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/03/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libxml2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libxml2-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libxml2-python"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp"); script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0"); sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp"); if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP1"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP1", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["libxml2-2.9.1-6.3.h1", "libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.3.h1", "libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.3.h1"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"1", reference:pkg)) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libxml2"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2019-1896-1.NASL description This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues : Issue fixed : Fixed a bug related to the fix for CVE-2016-9318 which allowed xsltproc to access the internet even when --nonet was given and also was making docbook-xsl-stylesheets to have incomplete xml catalog file (bsc#1010675, bsc#1126613 and bsc#1110146). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 126814 published 2019-07-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126814 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2019:1896-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-0380-1.NASL description This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-4658: use-after-free error could lead to crash [bsc#1005544] - Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873] - CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing for DoS (bsc#1017497). For CVE-2016-9318 we decided not to ship a fix since it can break existing setups. Please take appropriate actions if you parse untrusted XML files and use the new -noxxe flag if possible (bnc#1010675, bnc#1013930). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97015 published 2017-02-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97015 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:0380-1) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1353.NASL description According to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - libxml2 2.9.4 and earlier, as used in XMLSec 1.2.23 and earlier and other products, does not offer a flag directly indicating that the current document may be read but other files may not be opened, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted document.i1/4^CVE-2016-9318i1/4%0 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-19 modified 2019-05-10 plugin id 124731 published 2019-05-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124731 title EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-1353) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-1557-1.NASL description This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed : - CVE-2017-9050: heap-based buffer overflow (xmlDictAddString func) [bsc#1039069, bsc#1039661] - CVE-2017-9049: heap-based buffer overflow (xmlDictComputeFastKey func) [bsc#1039066] - CVE-2017-9048: stack overflow vulnerability (xmlSnprintfElementContent func) [bsc#1039063] - CVE-2017-9047: stack overflow vulnerability (xmlSnprintfElementContent func) [bsc#1039064] A clarification for the previously released update: For CVE-2016-9318 we decided not to ship a fix since it can break existing setups. Please take appropriate actions if you parse untrusted XML files and use the new -noxxe flag if possible (bnc#1010675, bnc#1013930). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100780 published 2017-06-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100780 title SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2017:1557-1) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201711-01.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201711-01 (libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxml2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted XML document, could remotely execute arbitrary code, conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, or cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 104492 published 2017-11-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/104492 title GLSA-201711-01 : libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-244.NASL description This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-4658: use-after-free error could lead to crash [bsc#1005544] - Fix NULL dereference in xpointer.c when in recovery mode [bsc#1014873] - CVE-2016-9597: An XML document with many opening tags could have caused a overflow of the stack not detected by the recursion limits, allowing for DoS (bsc#1017497). For CVE-2016-9318 we decided not to ship a fix since it can break existing setups. Please take appropriate actions if you parse untrusted XML files and use the new -noxxe flag if possible (bnc#1010675, bnc#1013930). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-02-13 plugin id 97116 published 2017-02-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97116 title openSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-2017-244) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2019-13985-1.NASL description This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : CVE-2018-14404: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the xmlXPathCompOpEval() function when parsing an invalid XPath expression in the XPATH_OP_AND or XPATH_OP_OR case leading to a denial of service attack (bsc#1102046) Other Issue fixed: Fixed a bug related to the fix for CVE-2016-9318 which allowed xsltproc to access the internet even when --nonet was given and also was making docbook-xsl-stylesheets to have incomplete xml catalog file (bsc#1010675, bsc#1126613 and bsc#1110146). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123073 published 2019-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123073 title SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2019:13985-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-A3A47973EB.NASL description Update to latest upstream release, includes several security related fixes. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-04-20 plugin id 99491 published 2017-04-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99491 title Fedora 25 : libxml2 (2017-a3a47973eb) NASL family PhotonOS Local Security Checks NASL id PHOTONOS_PHSA-2017-0001.NASL description An update of [openssh,linux,libxml2] packages for PhotonOS has been released. last seen 2019-02-21 modified 2019-02-07 plugin id 111850 published 2018-08-17 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=111850 title Photon OS 1.0: Libxml2 / Linux / Openssh PHSA-2017-0001 (deprecated) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-BE8574D593.NASL description Update to latest upstream release, includes several security related fixes. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-04-20 plugin id 99492 published 2017-04-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99492 title Fedora 24 : libxml2 (2017-be8574d593) NASL family PhotonOS Local Security Checks NASL id PHOTONOS_PHSA-2017-0001_LIBXML2.NASL description An update of the libxml2 package has been released. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2019-02-07 plugin id 121663 published 2019-02-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121663 title Photon OS 1.0: Libxml2 PHSA-2017-0001
References
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772726
- https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/issues/43
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94347
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html