Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.892048
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2048-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the DLA-2048-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the DLA-2048-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that there was potential denial of service vulnerability in libxml2, the Gnome XML parsing library. CVE-2019-19956 xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.10 has a memory leak related to newDoc->oldNs. For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u8. We recommend that you upgrade your libxml2 packages. Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'libxml2' package(s) on Debian 8. 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-2019-19956 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200114-0002/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5R55ZR52RMBX24TQTWHCIWKJVRV6YAWI/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDPF3AAVKUAKDYFMFKSIQSVVS3EEFPQH/ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/commit/5a02583c7e683896d84878bd90641d8d9b0d0549 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00009.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0681 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00047.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0781 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00005.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4274-1/
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