Debian DLA-433-1 : xerces-c security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88974

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Gustavo Grieco discovered that xerces-c, a validating XML parser library for C++, mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents, resulting in buffer overflows during processing and error reporting. These flaws could lead to a denial of service in applications using the xerces-c library, or potentially, to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88974

File Name: debian_DLA-433.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/26/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxerces-c3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxerces-c-samples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxerces-c-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxerces-c-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0729

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