Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704086
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4086-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the DSA-4086-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the DSA-4086-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Nick Wellnhofer discovered that certain function calls inside XPath predicates can lead to use-after-free and double-free errors when executed by libxml2's XPath engine via an XSLT transformation. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u6. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages. For the detailed security status of libxml2 please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'libxml2' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-15412 Debian Security Information: DSA-4086 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4086 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783160 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://crbug.com/727039 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00014.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:3401 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:0287 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0287 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348
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