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CentOS 7 : xerces-c (CESA-2015:1193)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 84445
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
An updated xerces-c package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++.
A flaw was found in the way the Xerces-C XML parser processed certain XML documents. A remote attacker could provide specially crafted XML input that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-C, would cause that application to crash. (CVE-2015-0252)
All xerces-c users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Solution
Update the affected xerces-c packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 84445
File Name: centos_RHSA-2015-1193.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 6/30/2015
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0252
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xerces-c, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xerces-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xerces-c-doc, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0252
BID: 73252
RHSA: 2015:1193