Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871272
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for libxml2 RHSA-2014:1655-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxml2' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2, a library providing support to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would lead to excessive CPU consumption (denial of service) based on excessive entity substitutions, even if entity substitution was disabled, which is the parser default behavior. (CVE-2014-3660) All libxml2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: libxml2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. 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-2014-3660 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html BugTraq ID: 70644 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70644 Debian Security Information: DSA-3057 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3057 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:244 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=944444&action=diff https://www.ncsc.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/kwetsbaarheid-ontdekt-in-libxml2.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/17/7 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1655 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1655.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1885 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1885.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59903 http://secunia.com/advisories/61965 http://secunia.com/advisories/61966 http://secunia.com/advisories/61991 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1330 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00034.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:2372 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2389-1
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