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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881114 |
Category: | CentOS Local Security Checks |
Title: | CentOS Update for expat CESA-2012:0731 centos6 |
Summary: | The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Expat is a C library written by James Clark for parsing XML documents. A denial of service flaw was found in the implementation of hash arrays in Expat. An attacker could use this flaw to make an application using Expat consume an excessive amount of CPU time by providing a specially-crafted XML file that triggers multiple hash function collisions. To mitigate this issue, randomization has been added to the hash function to reduce the chance of an attacker successfully causing intentional collisions. (CVE-2012-0876) A memory leak flaw was found in Expat. If an XML file processed by an application linked against Expat triggered a memory re-allocation failure, Expat failed to free the previously allocated memory. This could cause the application to exit unexpectedly or crash when all available memory is exhausted. (CVE-2012-1148) All Expat users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the updated packages, applications using the Expat library must be restarted for the update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: expat on CentOS 6 Solution: Please install the updated packages. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0876 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html BugTraq ID: 52379 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379 Debian Security Information: DSA-2525 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041 http://bugs.python.org/issue13703#msg151870 http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-discuss/2012-March/002768.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0731 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0062 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2957 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html http://secunia.com/advisories/49504 http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1148 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344 |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH |
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