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Debian DSA-3579-1 : xerces-c - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91174

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Synopsis

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

Description

Gustavo Grieco discovered an use-after-free vulnerability in xerces-c, a validating XML parser library for C++, due to not properly handling invalid characters in XML input documents in the DTDScanner.

Solution

Upgrade the xerces-c packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=823863

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/xerces-c

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3579

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91174

File Name: debian_DSA-3579.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2016

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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:xerces-c, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2099

DSA: 3579