Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2018.0050
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0050)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0050 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0050 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Integer overflow in memory debug code in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (CVE-2017-5130). It 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 (CVE-2017-15412). Wei Lei discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain parameter entities. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service (CVE-2017-16932). The libxml2 package has been updated to version 2.9.7 to fix these issues and several other bugs. Also, the perl-XML-LibXML package has been updated to version 2.13.200 to allow it to be rebuilt against the updated libxml2. Affected Software/OS: 'libxml2' package(s) on Mageia 6. 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 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-16932 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00041.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3739-1/ Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-5130 BugTraq ID: 101482 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783026 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://crbug.com/722079 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=897dffbae322b46b83f99a607d527058a72c51ed https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00034.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2997 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
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