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RHEL 7 : xerces-c (RHSA-2018:3335)
high Nessus Plugin ID 118542
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xerces-c.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3335 advisory.- xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD (CVE-2016-4463)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL xerces-c package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3335.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3335
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348845
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 118542
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3335.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/31/2018
Updated: 7/26/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4463
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-c-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-c-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-4463