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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54726
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200411-05 (libxml2)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200411-05.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200411-05.

Vulnerability Insight:
libxml2 contains multiple buffer overflows which could lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
All libxml2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.6.15'

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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