Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | libxml2 vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2994-1 | First vendor Publication | 2016-06-06 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2016-06-06 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libxml2. Software Description: - libxml2: GNOME XML library Details: It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8806, CVE-2016-2073, CVE-2016-3627, CVE-2016-3705, CVE-2016-4447) It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1762, CVE-2016-1834) Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1839) Wei Lei and Liu Yang discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1835, CVE-2016-1837) Wei Lei and Liu Yang discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1836) Kostya Serebryany discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1840) It was discovered that libxml2 would load certain XML external entities. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly obtain access to arbitrary files or cause resource consumption. (CVE-2016-4449) Gustavo Grieco discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain malformed documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4483) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 15.10: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 40 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
| 20 % | CWE-125 | Out-of-bounds Read |
| 13 % | CWE-416 | Use After Free |
| 13 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
| 7 % | CWE-674 | Uncontrolled Recursion |
| 7 % | CWE-502 | Deserialization of Untrusted Data |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
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| 2017-06-09 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-663.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
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| 2016-12-21 | Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch. File : f5_bigip_SOL54225343.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
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| 2016-12-20 | Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch. File : f5_bigip_SOL48220300.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
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| 2016-08-29 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_e195679d045b4953bb33be0073ba2ac6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
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| 2016-07-19 | Name : The remote host contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerab... File : itunes_12_4_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
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| 2016-06-24 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-24 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0087.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-24 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-24 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2016-1292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-17 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-1538-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-734.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-733.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-07 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2994-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-06 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-503.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-03 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3593.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-01 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-662.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
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| 2016-05-04 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-1205-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-05-04 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-1204-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
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| 2016-03-22 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple vulnerabilit... File : macosx_SecUpd2016-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-22 | Name : The remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. File : macosx_10_11_4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2019-03-26 21:21:54 |
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| 2017-05-12 09:25:01 |
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| 2016-06-09 21:41:07 |
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| 2016-06-08 13:25:04 |
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| 2016-06-06 21:26:32 |
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