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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53274
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-582-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml, libxml2' package(s) announced via the DSA-582-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml, libxml2' package(s) announced via the DSA-582-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
'infamous41md' discovered several buffer overflows in libxml and libxml2, the XML C parser and toolkits for GNOME. Missing boundary checks could cause several buffers to be overflown, which may cause the client to execute arbitrary code.

The following vulnerability matrix lists corrected versions of these libraries:

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.17-2woody2 of libxml and in version 2.4.19-4woody2 of libxml2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.17-9 of libxml and in version 2.6.11-5 of libxml2.

These problems have also been fixed in version 2.6.15-1 of libxml2 in the experimental distribution.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libxml, libxml2' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0989
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 11526
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11526
Bugtraq: 20041026 libxml2 remote buffer overflows (not in xml parsing code though) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109880813013482&w=2
Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: P-029
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-029.shtml
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:890
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000890
Debian Security Information: DSA-582 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-582
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-05.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/11179
http://www.osvdb.org/11180
http://www.osvdb.org/11324
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10505
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1173
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-615.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-650.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011941
http://secunia.com/advisories/13000
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:001 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-89-1/
XForce ISS Database: libxml2-nanoftp-file-bo(17872)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17872
XForce ISS Database: libxml2-nanohttp-file-bo(17876)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17876
XForce ISS Database: libxml2-xmlnanoftpscanproxy-bo(17875)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17875
XForce ISS Database: libxml2-xmlnanoftpscanurl-bo(17870)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17870
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