Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841503
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1904-2)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the USN-1904-2 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the USN-1904-2 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: USN-1904-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libxml2. The update caused a regression for certain users. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libxml2 would load XML external entities by default. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly obtain access to arbitrary files or cause resource consumption. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2013-0339) It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled documents that end abruptly. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-2877) Affected Software/OS: 'libxml2' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04. 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-2013-0339 52662 http://secunia.com/advisories/52662 54172 http://secunia.com/advisories/54172 55568 http://secunia.com/advisories/55568 DSA-2652 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652 SUSE-SU-2013:1627 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html USN-1904-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-1 USN-1904-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1904-2 [oss-security] 20130221 CVE Guidance for Libraries and Resource-Consumption DoS http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/21/24 [oss-security] 20130221 CVEs for libxml2 and expat internal and external XML entity expansion http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/22/3 [oss-security] 20130412 Re-evaluating expat/libxml2 CVE assignments http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/12/6 [oss-security] 20131028 Re: CVE Request: libxml2 external parsed entities issue http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/182 [oss-security] 20131029 Re: CVE Request: libxml2 external parsed entities issue http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/184 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/188 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915149 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4629ee02ac649c27f9c0cf98ba017c6b5526070f 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 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:1627 (Google Search) 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
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