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CentOS 7 : xmlsec1 (CESA-2017:2492)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102881

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for xmlsec1 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2 and OpenSSL. The library was created with a goal to support major XML security standards 'XML Digital Signature' and 'XML Encryption'.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was discovered xmlsec1's use of libxml2 inadvertently enabled external entity expansion (XXE) along with validation. An attacker could craft an XML file that would cause xmlsec1 to try and read local files or HTTP/FTP URLs, leading to information disclosure or denial of service. (CVE-2017-1000061)

Solution

Update the affected xmlsec1 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?82354f20

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102881

File Name: centos_RHSA-2017-2492.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2017

Updated: 12/5/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000061

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-gcrypt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-gcrypt-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-nss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlsec1-openssl-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000061

RHSA: 2017:2492