Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2023.343.01
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2023-343-01)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the SSA:2023-343-01 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the SSA:2023-343-01 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libxml2-2.12.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Add --sysconfdir=/etc option so that this can find the xml catalog. Thanks to SpiderTux. Fix the following security issues: Fix integer overflows with XML_PARSE_HUGE. Fix dict corruption caused by entity reference cycles. Hashing of empty dict strings isn't deterministic. Fix null deref in xmlSchemaFixupComplexType. For more information, see: [links moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'libxml2' package(s) on Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware 14.2, Slackware 15.0, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-40303 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/21 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/24 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/25 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/26 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Dec/27 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/c846986356fc149915a74972bf198abc266bc2c0 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags/v2.10.3 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-40304 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1b41ec4e9433b05bb0376be4725804c54ef1d80b https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/tags Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-28484 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/491 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.10.4 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00031.html Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-29469 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/510
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