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SCA: security update for xerces:xercesImpl (GHSA-vmqm-g3vh-847m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419428

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU
 consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions.
 (CVE-2012-0881)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmqm-g3vh-847m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419428

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0881

BID: 68753

cwe: CWE-400