Vulnerability in Trustix Secure Linux
CVE-2004-0989
Multiple buffer overflows in libXML 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 (libxml2), and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP URL that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanURL function, (2) a long proxy URL containing FTP data that is not properly handled by the xmlNanoFTPScanProxy function, and other overflows related to manipulation of DNS length values, including (3) xmlNanoFTPConnect, (4) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost, and (5) xmlNanoHTTPConnectHost.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.217 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.217 · newest: 0.217 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Trustix Secure Linux — versions 2.0, 2.1
- Xmlsoft Libxml — versions 1.8.17
- Xmlsoft Libxml2 — versions 2.5.11, 2.6.6, 2.6.7
- Xmlstarlet Command Line XML Toolkit — versions 0.9.1
- Red Hat Fedora Core — versions core_2.0
- Ubuntu Linux — versions 4.1
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jan/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-029.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/11179 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-615.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11526 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10505 (signature, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17872 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-650.html (vendor-advisory)