Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2022.0177
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2022-0177)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2022-0177 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2022-0177 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: In libxml2 before 2.9.14, several buffer handling functions in buf.c (xmlBuf*) and tree.c (xmlBuffer*) don't check for integer overflows. This can result in out-of-bounds memory writes. Exploitation requires a victim to open a crafted, multi-gigabyte XML file. Other software using libxml2's buffer functions, for example libxslt through 1.1.35, is affected as well. (CVE-2022-29824) Affected Software/OS: 'libxml2' package(s) on Mageia 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-29824 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220715-0006/ Debian Security Information: DSA-5142 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5142 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FZOBT5Y6Y2QLDDX2HZGMV7MJMWGXORKK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P5363EDV5VHZ5C77ODA43RYDCPMA7ARM/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3NVZVWFRBXBI3AKZZWUWY6INQQPQVSF/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-03 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169825/libxml2-xmlParseNameComplex-Integer-Overflow.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167345/libxml2-xmlBufAdd-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.html https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2554a2408e09f13652049e5ffb0d26196b02ebab https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/6c283d83eccd940bcde15634ac8c7f100e3caefd https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.9.14 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/tags https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00023.html
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