Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2022.059.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2022-059-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the SSA:2022-059-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the SSA:2022-059-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and the following security issues: Use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes (Thanks to Shinji Sato for the report) Use-after-free in xmlXIncludeCopyRange (David Kilzer) Fix Null-deref-in-xmlSchemaGetComponentTargetNs (huangduirong) Fix memory leak in xmlXPathCompNodeTest Fix null pointer deref in xmlStringGetNodeList Fix several memory leaks found by Coverity (David King) For more information, see: [link moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'libxml2' package(s) on Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2, Slackware 15.0, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-23308 https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/652dd12a858989b14eed4e84e453059cd3ba340e https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220331-0008/ https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213253 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213254 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213255 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213257 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213258 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LA3MWWAYZADWJ5F6JOUBX65UZAMQB7RF/ http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/34 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/38 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/36 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/37 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-03 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/blob/v2.9.13/NEWS https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
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