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FreeBSD : xerces-c2 -- Attribute blowup denial-of-service (76301302-1d59-11d9-814e-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 37183

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Amit Klein reports about Xerces-C++ :

An attacker can craft a malicious XML document, which uses XML attributes in a way that inflicts a denial of service condition on the target machine (XML parser). The result of this attack is that the XML parser consumes all the CPU.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109674050017645

http://www.nessus.org/u?04efb34b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 37183

File Name: freebsd_pkg_763013021d5911d9814e0001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xerces-c2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1575

BID: 11312