Debian DSA-4265-1 : xml-security-c - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 111538

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the Apache XML Security for C++ library performed insufficient validation of KeyInfo hints, which could result in denial of service via NULL pointer dereferences when processing malformed XML data.

Solution

Upgrade the xml-security-c packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.3-4+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111538

File Name: debian_DSA-4265.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xml-security-c

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2018

Reference Information

DSA: 4265

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