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RHEL 6 : raptor (RHSA-2012:0410)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58441

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated raptor packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Raptor provides parsers for Resource Description Framework (RDF) files.

An XML External Entity expansion flaw was found in the way Raptor processed RDF files. If an application linked against Raptor were to open a specially crafted RDF file, it could possibly allow a remote attacker to obtain a copy of an arbitrary local file that the user running the application had access to. A bug in the way Raptor handled external entities could cause that application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-0037)

Red Hat would like to thank Timothy D. Morgan of VSR for reporting this issue.

All Raptor users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running applications linked against Raptor must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected raptor, raptor-debuginfo and / or raptor-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0410

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-0037

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58441

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0410.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:raptor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:raptor-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:raptor-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0037

BID: 52681

RHSA: 2012:0410