GLSA-201207-02 : libxml2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

NASLDB: GLSA-201207-02 : libxml2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

General

ID: 59894
Name: GLSA-201207-02 : libxml2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Summary: Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201207-02
(libxml2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

The ‘xmlXPtrEvalXPtrPart()’ function in xpointer.c contains an
off-by-one error.

Impact :

A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to open a
specially crafted XML document with an application using libxml2,
possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service
condition.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Exploiting

Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –

Sources

CVE: CVE-2011-3102
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –

Timeline

Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2012/07/09
Plugin Release: 2012/07/10

Plugin

Version: 1.1
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-201207-02.nasl
Filesize: 3260 bytes
MD5 Hash: df8a37eeacd52d1fb82b0b4b7724bb5d

Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"

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