Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ocaml-xml-light (MDVSA-2013:107)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66119

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated ocaml-xml-light packages fix security vulnerability :

OCaml Xml-Light Library before r234 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors (CVE-2012-3514).

Solution

Update the affected ocaml-xml-light and / or ocaml-xml-light-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66119

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-107.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/20/2013

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: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ocaml-xml-light-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ocaml-xml-light

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3514

BID: 55114

MDVSA: 2013:107

MGASA: 2012-0266

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