Oracle Linux 6 : xerces-c (ELSA-2020-0702)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134338

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2020:0702 :

An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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.

Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. Xerces-C makes it easy to give your application the ability to read and write XML data. A shared library is provided for parsing, generating, manipulating, and validating XML documents.

Security Fix(es) :

* xerces-c: XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs (CVE-2018-1311)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected xerces-c packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2020-March/009672.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134338

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-0702.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2020

Updated: 3/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1311

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-c, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-c-doc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1311

RHSA: 2020:0702