Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704042
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4042-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml-libxml-perl' package(s) announced via the DSA-4042-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml-libxml-perl' package(s) announced via the DSA-4042-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in XML::LibXML, a Perl interface to the libxml2 library, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild() call. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0116+dfsg-1+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0128+dfsg-1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libxml-libxml-perl packages. For the detailed security status of libxml-libxml-perl please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'libxml-libxml-perl' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-10672 Debian Security Information: DSA-4042 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4042 https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=122246 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00017.html
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