Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-15412 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
redhat
debian
google
xmlsoft
CWE-416
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-08-28
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Redhat
3
OS
Debian
3
Application
Google
3815
Application
Xmlsoft
152

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1034.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.(CVE-2018-15412) 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 seen2020-05-06
    modified2019-02-15
    plugin id122207
    published2019-02-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122207
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-1034)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(122207);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/04");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-15412"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-1034)");
  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 :

  - Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in
    Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products,
    allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap
    corruption via a crafted HTML page.(CVE-2018-15412)

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-2019-1034
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?153b0691");
  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:N/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/02/15");

  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) 2019-2020 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 !~ "^(3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP3");

uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP3", "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.h12",
        "libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.3.h12",
        "libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.3.h12"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"3", 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 familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1007.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.(CVE-2018-15412) 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 seen2020-05-06
    modified2019-01-08
    plugin id120995
    published2019-01-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120995
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-1007)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(120995);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/04");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-15412"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-1007)");
  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 :

  - Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in
    Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products,
    allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap
    corruption via a crafted HTML page.(CVE-2018-15412)

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-2019-1007
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cda1cac7");
  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:N/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/12/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/08");

  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) 2019-2020 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 !~ "^(5)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5");

uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5", "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.h13.eulerosv2r7",
        "libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.3.h13.eulerosv2r7",
        "libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.3.h13.eulerosv2r7"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"5", 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 familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1211.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.i1/4^CVE-2017-15412i1/4%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 seen2020-03-19
    modified2019-04-09
    plugin id123897
    published2019-04-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123897
    titleEulerOS Virtualization 2.5.4 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-1211)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(123897);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/19");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-15412"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.4 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-1211)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the
EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by
the following vulnerability :

  - Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in
    Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products,
    allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap
    corruption via a crafted HTML page.i1/4^CVE-2017-15412i1/4%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.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-1211
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?14f41772");
  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:N/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/04/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/09");

  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:uvp:2.5.4");
  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) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "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");
uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (uvp != "2.5.4") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.4");
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.h13",
        "libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.3.h13",
        "libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.3.h13"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", 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 familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-0395-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for libxml2 fixes several issues. Theses security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-16932: Fixed infinite recursion could lead to an infinite loop or memory exhaustion when expanding a parameter entity in a DTD (bsc#1069689). - CVE-2017-15412: Prevent use after free when calling XPath extension functions that allowed remote attackers to cause DoS or potentially RCE (bsc#1077993) - CVE-2016-5131: Use-after-free vulnerability in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the XPointer range-to function. (bsc#1078813) - CVE-2017-5130: Fixed a potential remote buffer overflow in function xmlMemoryStrdup() (bsc#1078806) 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106707
    published2018-02-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106707
    titleSUSE SLES11 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2018:0395-1)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2020-1190.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1190 advisory. - libxml2: DoS caused by incorrect error detection during XZ decompression (CVE-2015-8035) - libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with range-to (CVE-2016-5131) - libxml2: Use after free in xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate() function in xpath.c (CVE-2017-15412) - libxml2: Unrestricted memory usage in xz_head() function in xzlib.c (CVE-2017-18258) - libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xmlXPathCompOpEval() function in xpath.c (CVE-2018-14404) - libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection during LZMA decompression (CVE-2018-14567) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-06
    modified2020-04-10
    plugin id135358
    published2020-04-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135358
    titleCentOS 7 : libxml2 (CESA-2020:1190)
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idGOOGLE_CHROME_63_0_3239_84.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 63.0.3239.84. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as noted in Chrome stable channel update release notes for Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Please refer to the release notes for additional information. Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id105152
    published2017-12-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105152
    titleGoogle Chrome < 63.0.3239.84 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-C2645AA935.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2017-15412 CVE-2017-15422 CVE-2017-15407 CVE-2017-15408 CVE-2017-15409 CVE-2017-15410 CVE-2017-15411 CVE-2017-15413 CVE-2017-15415 CVE-2017-15416 CVE-2017-15417 CVE-2017-15418 CVE-2017-15419 CVE-2017-15420 CVE-2017-15423 CVE-2017-15424 CVE-2017-15425 CVE-2017-15426 CVE-2017-15427 CVE-2017-15429 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 seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-01-15
    plugin id105968
    published2018-01-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105968
    titleFedora 27 : chromium (2017-c2645aa935)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4086.NASL
    descriptionNick Wellnhofer discovered that certain function calls inside XPath predicates can lead to use-after-free and double-free errors when executed by libxml2
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id105801
    published2018-01-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105801
    titleDebian DSA-4086-1 : libxml2 - security update
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-0401-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for libxml2 fixes one issue. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2017-15412: Prevent use after free when calling XPath extension functions that allowed remote attackers to cause DoS or potentially RCE (bsc#1077993) - CVE-2016-5131: Use-after-free vulnerability in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the XPointer range-to function. (bsc#1078813) - CVE-2017-5130: Fixed a potential remote buffer overflow in function xmlMemoryStrdup() (bsc#1078806) 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106708
    published2018-02-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106708
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libxml2 (SUSE-SU-2018:0401-1)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20200407_LIBXML2_ON_SL7_X.NASL
    description* libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with range-to * libxml2: Use after free in xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate() function in xpath.c * libxml2: DoS caused by incorrect error detection during XZ decompression * libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xmlXPathCompOpEval() function in xpath.c * libxml2: Unrestricted memory usage in xz_head() function in xzlib.c * libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection during LZMA decompression
    last seen2020-04-30
    modified2020-04-21
    plugin id135819
    published2020-04-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135819
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : libxml2 on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-EA44F172E3.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2017-15412 CVE-2017-15422 CVE-2017-15407 CVE-2017-15408 CVE-2017-15409 CVE-2017-15410 CVE-2017-15411 CVE-2017-15413 CVE-2017-15415 CVE-2017-15416 CVE-2017-15417 CVE-2017-15418 CVE-2017-15419 CVE-2017-15420 CVE-2017-15423 CVE-2017-15424 CVE-2017-15425 CVE-2017-15426 CVE-2017-15427 CVE-2017-15429 ---- Security fix for CVE-2017-15398, CVE-2017-15399 ---- Security fix for CVE-2017-15386 CVE-2017-15387 CVE-2017-15388 CVE-2017-15389 CVE-2017-15390 CVE-2017-15391 CVE-2017-15392 CVE-2017-15393 CVE-2017-15394 CVE-2017-15395 CVE-2017-5124 CVE-2017-5125 CVE-2017-5126 CVE-2017-5127. Build switched to use gtk3. 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 seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-01-02
    plugin id105501
    published2018-01-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105501
    titleFedora 26 : chromium (2017-ea44f172e3)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2017-3401.NASL
    descriptionAn update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Chromium is an open source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink). This update upgrades Chromium to version 63.0.3239.84. Security Fix(es) : * Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2017-15407, CVE-2017-15408, CVE-2017-15409, CVE-2017-15410, CVE-2017-15411, CVE-2017-15412, CVE-2017-15413, CVE-2017-15415, CVE-2017-15416, CVE-2017-15417, CVE-2017-15418, CVE-2017-15419, CVE-2017-15420, CVE-2017-15422, CVE-2017-15423, CVE-2017-15424, CVE-2017-15425, CVE-2017-15426, CVE-2017-15427)
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2017-12-08
    plugin id105091
    published2017-12-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105091
    titleRHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2017:3401)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2018-1446.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the libxml2 packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.(CVE-2018-15412) 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 seen2020-05-06
    modified2018-12-28
    plugin id119935
    published2018-12-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119935
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libxml2 (EulerOS-SA-2018-1446)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOS_10_13_4.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.13.x prior to 10.13.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - Admin Framework - APFS - ATS - CoreFoundation - CoreText - Disk Images - Disk Management - File System Events - iCloud Drive - Intel Graphics Driver - IOFireWireFamily - Kernel - kext tools - LaunchServices - Mail - Notes - NSURLSession - NVIDIA Graphics Drivers - PDFKit - PluginKit - Quick Look - Security - Storage - System Preferences - Terminal - WindowServer Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id108786
    published2018-04-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108786
    titlemacOS 10.13.x < 10.13.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-AAFDBB5554.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to Chromium 65. For EPEL7, it has been a long time since a successful build has been possible, so this will fix a LOT of CVEs. CVE-2017-15396 CVE-2017-15407 CVE-2017-15408 CVE-2017-15409 CVE-2017-15410 CVE-2017-15411 CVE-2017-15412 CVE-2017-15413 CVE-2017-15415 CVE-2017-15416 CVE-2017-15417 CVE-2017-15418 CVE-2017-15419 CVE-2017-15420 CVE-2017-15422 CVE-2018-6056 CVE-2018-6406 CVE-2018-6057 CVE-2018-6058 CVE-2018-6059 CVE-2018-6060 CVE-2018-6061 CVE-2018-6062 CVE-2018-6063 CVE-2018-6064 CVE-2018-6065 CVE-2018-6066 CVE-2018-6067 CVE-2018-6068 CVE-2018-6069 CVE-2018-6070 CVE-2018-6071 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 seen2020-06-05
    modified2019-01-03
    plugin id120695
    published2019-01-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120695
    titleFedora 28 : chromium (2018-aafdbb5554)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201801-03.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201801-03 (Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and Google Chrome. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, bypass content security controls, or conduct URL spoofing. Workaround : There are no known workarounds at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id105629
    published2018-01-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105629
    titleGLSA-201801-03 : Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SECUPD2018-002.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running Mac OS X 10.11.6 or Mac OS X 10.12.6 and is missing a security update. It is therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities affecting the following components : - ATS - CFNetwork Session - CoreFoundation - CoreTypes - curl - Disk Images - iCloud Drive - Kernel - kext tools - LaunchServices - PluginKit - Security - Storage - Terminal
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id108787
    published2018-04-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108787
    titlemacOS and Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2018-002)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-154.NASL
    descriptionThis update for libxml2 fixes three security issues : - CVE-2017-15412: Prevent use after free when calling XPath extension functions that allowed remote attackers to cause DoS or potentially RCE (bsc#1077993) - CVE-2016-5131: Use-after-free vulnerability in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the XPointer range-to function. (bsc#1078813) - CVE-2017-5130: Fixed a potential remote buffer overflow in function xmlMemoryStrdup() (bsc#1078806) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-02-12
    plugin id106741
    published2018-02-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106741
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-2018-154)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_GOOGLE_CHROME_63_0_3239_84.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 63.0.3239.84. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as noted in Chrome stable channel update release notes for Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Please refer to the release notes for additional information. Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id105153
    published2017-12-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105153
    titleGoogle Chrome < 63.0.3239.84 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3513-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain files. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id105254
    published2017-12-14
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105254
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 / 17.10 : libxml2 vulnerability (USN-3513-1)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1211.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2017-15412 It was detected that some function calls in the XPath extensions functions could result in memory corruption due to
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-12-19
    plugin id105360
    published2017-12-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105360
    titleDebian DLA-1211-1 : libxml2 security update
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2017-1349.NASL
    descriptionThis update to Chromium 63.0.3239.84 fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2017-15408: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium - CVE-2017-15409: Out of bounds write in Skia - CVE-2017-15410: Use after free in PDFium - CVE-2017-15411: Use after free in PDFium - CVE-2017-15412: Use after free in libXML - CVE-2017-15413: Type confusion in WebAssembly - CVE-2017-15415: Pointer information disclosure in IPC call - CVE-2017-15416: Out of bounds read in Blink - CVE-2017-15417: Cross origin information disclosure in Skia - CVE-2017-15418: Use of uninitialized value in Skia - CVE-2017-15419: Cross origin leak of redirect URL in Blink - CVE-2017-15420: URL spoofing in Omnibox - CVE-2017-15422: Integer overflow in ICU - CVE-2017-15423: Issue with SPAKE implementation in BoringSSL - CVE-2017-15424: URL Spoof in Omnibox - CVE-2017-15425: URL Spoof in Omnibox - CVE-2017-15426: URL Spoof in Omnibox - CVE-2017-15427: Insufficient blocking of JavaScript in Omnibox
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-12-14
    plugin id105235
    published2017-12-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105235
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2017-1349)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-FAFF5F661E.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to Chromium 65. For EPEL7, it has been a long time since a successful build has been possible, so this will fix a LOT of CVEs. CVE-2017-15396 CVE-2017-15407 CVE-2017-15408 CVE-2017-15409 CVE-2017-15410 CVE-2017-15411 CVE-2017-15412 CVE-2017-15413 CVE-2017-15415 CVE-2017-15416 CVE-2017-15417 CVE-2017-15418 CVE-2017-15419 CVE-2017-15420 CVE-2017-15422 CVE-2018-6056 CVE-2018-6406 CVE-2018-6057 CVE-2018-6058 CVE-2018-6059 CVE-2018-6060 CVE-2018-6061 CVE-2018-6062 CVE-2018-6063 CVE-2018-6064 CVE-2018-6065 CVE-2018-6066 CVE-2018-6067 CVE-2018-6068 CVE-2018-6069 CVE-2018-6070 CVE-2018-6071 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 seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-03-28
    plugin id108679
    published2018-03-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108679
    titleFedora 27 : chromium (2018-faff5f661e)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_1D951E85FFDB11E78B91E8E0B747A45A.NASL
    descriptionGoogle Chrome Releases reports : 37 security fixes in this release, including : - [778505] Critical CVE-2017-15407: Out of bounds write in QUIC. Reported by Ned Williamson on 2017-10-26 - [762374] High CVE-2017-15408: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium. Reported by Ke Liu of Tencent
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id106236
    published2018-01-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106236
    titleFreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (1d951e85-ffdb-11e7-8b91-e8e0b747a45a)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2020-1190.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1190 advisory. - libxml2: DoS caused by incorrect error detection during XZ decompression (CVE-2015-8035) - libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with range-to (CVE-2016-5131) - libxml2: Use after free in xmlXPathCompOpEvalPositionalPredicate() function in xpath.c (CVE-2017-15412) - libxml2: Unrestricted memory usage in xz_head() function in xzlib.c (CVE-2017-18258) - libxml2: NULL pointer dereference in xmlXPathCompOpEval() function in xpath.c (CVE-2018-14404) - libxml2: Infinite loop caused by incorrect error detection during LZMA decompression (CVE-2018-14567) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-04-23
    modified2020-04-01
    plugin id135071
    published2020-04-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135071
    titleRHEL 7 : libxml2 (RHSA-2020:1190)

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2017:3401
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2018:0287
rpms
  • chromium-browser-0:63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9
  • chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9
  • libxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7.4
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.1-6.el7.4
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.1-6.el7.4
  • libxml2-python-0:2.9.1-6.el7.4
  • libxml2-static-0:2.9.1-6.el7.4

References