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Amazon Linux 2 : xerces-c (ALAS-2018-1124)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119507

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

A stack exhaustion flaw was found in the way Xerces-C XML parser handled deeply nested DTDs. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash an application using Xerces-C by tricking it into processing specially crafted data.(CVE-2016-4463)

Solution

Run 'yum update xerces-c' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2018-1124.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119507

File Name: al2_ALAS-2018-1124.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/10/2018

Updated: 5/13/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xerces-c, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xerces-c-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xerces-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xerces-c-doc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4463

ALAS: 2018-1124