Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50609
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:127 (libxml/libxml2)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to libxml/libxml2 announced via advisory MDKSA-2004:127. Multiple buffer overflows were reported in the libxml XML parsing library. These vulnerabilities may allow remote attackers to execute arbitray code via a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL() function, a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy() function, and other overflows in the code that resolves names via DNS. The updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues. Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2004:127 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0989 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379383/2004-10-24/2004-10-30/0 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 10.0
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 11526 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0989 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00001.html 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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