Amazon Linux 2 : xerces-j2 (ALAS-2024-2649)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208112

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of xerces-j2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.11.0-17. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2649 advisory.

Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions.
(CVE-2012-0881)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update xerces-j2' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208112

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2649.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/3/2024

Updated: 10/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xerces-j2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xerces-j2-demo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xerces-j2-javadoc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0881

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