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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 ESM / 23.04 / 23.10 : Xerces-C++ vulnerability (USN-6579-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 188073

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 ESM / 23.04 / 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6579-2 advisory.

 - The Apache Xerces-C 3.0.0 to 3.2.3 XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs. This flaw has not been addressed in the maintained version of the library and has no current mitigation other than to disable DTD processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable. (CVE-2018-1311)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libxerces-c-dev, libxerces-c-samples and / or libxerces-c3.2 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6579-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 188073

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6579-2.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2024

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxerces-c-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxerces-c-samples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxerces-c3.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1311

USN: 6579-2