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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-6702
medium Nessus Plugin ID 218018
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function. (CVE-2012-6702)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6702
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 218018
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2012_6702.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 3/4/2025
Updated: 8/31/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6702
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:expat-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat-devel, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sitecopy, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xmlrpc-c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:expat, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vnc4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xmlrpc-c, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:insighttoolkit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:paraview, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxmltok, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:expat-static
Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-6702