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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120473
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-340)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-340 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-340 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.0, as used in Google Chrome before 28.0.1500.71 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a document that ends abruptly, related to the lack of certain checks for the XML_PARSER_EOF state.

Affected Software/OS:
'libxml2' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2877
BugTraq ID: 61050
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61050
Bugtraq: 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-2724 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2724
Debian Security Information: DSA-2779 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2779
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://secunia.com/advisories/54172
http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:1627 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1221 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00063.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1246 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00077.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-2
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