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FreeBSD : expat2 -- buffer over-read and crash (e9fca207-e399-11de-881e-001aa0166822)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43038

Synopsis

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

Description

CVE reports :

The big2_toUtf8 function in lib/xmltok.c in libexpat in Expat 2.0.1, as used in the XML-Twig module for Perl, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences that trigger a buffer over-read, related to the doProlog function in lib/xmlparse.c.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?86d8de9a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43038

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e9fca207e39911de881e001aa0166822.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 12/8/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:expat2, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3560

CWE: 119