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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2013.0743.1
Category:SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2013:0743-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2013:0743-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2013:0743-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
libxml2 has been updated to fix two security bugs.

* CVE-2013-0338: Internal entity expansion within XML was not bounded, leading to simple small XML files being able to cause 'out of memory' denial of service conditions.
* CVE-2012-5134: Heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document.

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2013-0338
>
* CVE-2013-0339
>

Affected Software/OS:
'libxml2' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP1.

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-2012-5134
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00009.html
BugTraq ID: 56684
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56684
Debian Security Information: DSA-2580 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2580
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:056
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1512
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1512.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0217
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027815
http://secunia.com/advisories/51448
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
http://secunia.com/advisories/55568
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:1627 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00002.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1637 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0178 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00023.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1656-1
XForce ISS Database: google-libxml-buffer-underflow(80294)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80294
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0338
52662
http://secunia.com/advisories/52662
55568
DSA-2652
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2652
HPSBGN03302
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142798889927587&w=2
MDVSA-2013:056
SSRT101996
SUSE-SU-2013:1627
USN-1782-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1782-1
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912400
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=23f05e0c33987d6605387b300c4be5da2120a7ab
openSUSE-SU-2013:0552
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00112.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:0555
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00114.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0339
54172
http://secunia.com/advisories/54172
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
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